Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]:22752 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753694AbZFGAVq (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jun 2009 20:21:46 -0400 Subject: Re: [ANN] Atheros 802.11n USB firmware source code released From: Maxim Levitsky To: Maxim Levitsky Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-wireless , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, otus-devel@lists.madwifi-project.org, David Woodhouse , Johannes Berg , "John W. Linville" In-Reply-To: <1244326943.12159.5.camel@localhost> References: <43e72e890906051204q22278e4cw6beeae27da50e988@mail.gmail.com> <1244326943.12159.5.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:21:42 +0300 Message-Id: <1244334102.16810.3.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 01:22 +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > On Fri, 2009-06-05 at 12:04 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > I'm pleased to announce we have released the source code to our > > Atheros 802.11n USB Otus/ar9170 device under the GPL. You can grab the > > source, compile and use it with the upstream ar9170 device driver. > > Patches are welcomed. The git tree available for this is at: > > > > http://git.sipsolutions.net/ar9170-fw.git > > > > For more information please visit the home page for this project is on > > our Linux wireless wiki: > > > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170.fw > > > > The ar9170 device driver home page is at: > > > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170 > > > > I'd like to thank Johannes Berg and Christian Lamparter for their > > incredible contributions to the project both firmware and ar9170 > > driver so far without which this would not have been possible. > > I just want to say thanks! > > I will buy this device very soon. > Is this source for same firmware that was closed? > Will AP mode work in future? > > If you were to release the documentation, then it would be really > possible to fix AP mode for this firmware. > > > If you could just release ath5k documentation.... I would fix its > numerous problems I have with my aspire one (AR2425)... > > > Best regards, > Maxim Levitsky > What does this mean: eeprom : ORIGIN = 0x000000, LENGTH = 1024k Does the device have whole 1M of eeprom? What is there? Also what is this: sram : ORIGIN = 0x100000, LENGTH = 64k Description says that pram is 32K, but: pram : ORIGIN = 0x200000, LENGTH = 16k Best regards, Maxim Levitsk