Return-path: Received: from hiems2.ing.unibs.it ([192.167.23.204]:42385 "EHLO hiems2.ing.unibs.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754745Ab0JJKTi (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:19:38 -0400 Subject: Release of Maranello firmware source code for Broadcom cards Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: francesco.gringoli@ing.unibs.it In-Reply-To: <2518B44B-D014-4ABA-AE31-BD75691488AB@ing.unibs.it> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:19:34 +0200 Cc: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, Bo Han Message-Id: <1DBB75B1-733F-4DFC-A541-2C2C986586A6@ing.unibs.it> References: <2518B44B-D014-4ABA-AE31-BD75691488AB@ing.unibs.it> To: linux-wireless Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello there, we released the source code of the Maranello firmware and all the necessary kernel patches. It was tested on Broadcom 4318/4306 pci cards on PC architecture. Find all the necessary files browsing from http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf or go directly here http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/maranello Maranello is an enhancement of the 802.11 DCF standard: it implements a Partial Packet Recovery technique to retransmit only the corrupt parts of failed packets. This reduces the airtime and contributes to enhance the throughput. It was written starting from OpenFWWF5.2 by adding a number of new features. Kind regards, -Francesco Gringoli Informativa sulla privacy: http://help.ing.unibs.it/privacy.php