Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:65000 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750821Ab0CFGfY (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Mar 2010 01:35:24 -0500 Subject: Re: Mesh support for gumstix's wireless (Marvell 88W8385 wireless chip with CF interface) From: Dan Williams To: Andrey Yurovsky Cc: Darko Makreshanski , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <4B9024DE.308@jacobs-university.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:35:49 -0800 Message-ID: <1267857349.2243.158.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 16:38 -0800, Andrey Yurovsky wrote: > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Darko Makreshanski > wrote: > > 1. will mesh networking work with the 88W8385 chip on gumstix with the > > libertas driver? > > No. The OLPC uses an 88w8288 with in-firmware mesh on the USB > variant. That firmware won't run on other chips. I assume you mean 88w8388 :) Dan > > 3. if not, is it possible to make the libertas_tf driver work with this > > chip? > > No. That driver only supports the 88w8388 USB variant with special > firmware. Your chip is a full-MAC device and therefore cannot use the > mac80211 mesh stack (and there isn't a special firmware to make it do > something else). > > -Andrey > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html