Return-path: Received: from mail-gw0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:33199 "EHLO mail-gw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754098Ab0IIUrg convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:47:36 -0400 Received: by gwj17 with SMTP id 17so817737gwj.19 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:47:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4C88F8CE.5090708@broadcom.com> References: <20100908150322.17dac9c3@nehalam> <20100908225132.GA12490@kroah.com> <4C88F8CE.5090708@broadcom.com> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:47:35 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ANN] Full-source Broadcom wireless driver for 11n chips From: Nick Kossifidis To: Henry Ptasinski Cc: devel@linuxdriverproject.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2010/9/9 Henry Ptasinski : > Broadcom would like to announce the initial release of a fully-open > Linux driver for it's latest generation of 11n chipsets.  The driver, > while still a work in progress, is released as full source and uses the > native mac80211 stack.   It supports multiple current chips (BCM4313, > BCM43224, BCM43225) as well as providing a framework for supporting > additional chips in the future, including mac80211-aware embedded chips. >  The README and TODO files included with the sources provide more > details about the current feature set, known issues, and plans for > improving the driver. > > The driver is currently available in staging-next git tree, available at: > > >  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-next-2.6.git > > in the drivers/staging/brcm80211 directory. > Congratulations to everyone involved, thanks a lot for this !!! -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick