Return-path: Received: from snt0-omc3-s2.snt0.hotmail.com ([65.55.90.141]:37402 "EHLO snt0-omc3-s2.snt0.hotmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751486Ab0IJHRt convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:17:49 -0400 Message-ID: From: Yuhong Bao To: CC: Subject: RE: [ANN] Full-source Broadcom wireless driver for 11n chips Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:11:38 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <20100908150322.17dac9c3@nehalam>,<20100908225132.GA12490@kroah.com>,<4C88F8CE.5090708@broadcom.com>,, Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-next-2.6.git;a=tree;f=drivers/staging/brcm80211;hb=a9533e7ea3c410fed2f4cd8b3e1e213e48529b75 ________________________________ > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:03:53 +0800 > Subject: Re: [ANN] Full-source Broadcom wireless driver for 11n chips > From: machen@novell.com > To: yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com > CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org > > Hi all, > I don't see there is drivers/staging/brcm80211 in > drivers/staging/brcm80211. Anyone found it yet ? > > 2010/9/10 Yuhong Bao > Henry Ptasinski writes: > > > > > 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. > > This is limited to newer chips. Can you at least authorize redistribution of > firmware blobs for older chips so that b43-fwcutter won't be needed > anymore? I > have such a laptop myself with one of the older chips, and I remember > the pains > of having to download it after booting from a LiveCD. > > > > > -- > 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 > > > > -- > Matt Chen > Engineer > Novell Asia Pacific > Tel : +886- 2- 27370946 ext 507 > Fax : +886- 2- 27370947 > Novell Making IT Work As One