Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com ([209.85.216.181]:36166 "EHLO mail-qy0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751362Ab1BOOs6 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:48:58 -0500 Received: by qyk12 with SMTP id 12so198300qyk.19 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:48:57 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1297294234.12795.2.camel@dev.znau.edu.ua> References: <1297258590.17400.37.camel@dev.znau.edu.ua> <1297288286.9734.28.camel@maggie> <1297294234.12795.2.camel@dev.znau.edu.ua> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:48:57 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: SSB AI support code From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= To: George Kashperko Cc: linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Uf, I'm back after weekend. W dniu 10 lutego 2011 00:30 użytkownik George Kashperko napisał: >> What are the other cores for? Why do we need driver for chipcommon, >> mipscore? Are that cores internally accessed by 80211 core? > > Prior to using any core, very same as b43 one, others (mipscore, usb, > b44, etc.) must be set up properly. > Therefore drivers exists. Chipcommon need setup as well - it handles > cpu/mem/bus/clocks, power control, built-in uarts and might be much > more. Its like "wrapper" core for indirect bus management. > And I dont know if 80211 is talking directly to any other core except > maybe chipcommon. Thanks for explanation, but what about cores like internal memory, or usb? What are they for? -- Rafał