Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.213.46]:34042 "EHLO mail-yw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752885Ab1HLPng convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:43:36 -0400 Received: by ywf7 with SMTP id 7so2015205ywf.19 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:43:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4E45435E.9020900@hauke-m.de> References: <1313156101-16817-1-git-send-email-arend@broadcom.com> <4E45435E.9020900@hauke-m.de> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:43:35 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20110812_174339_554912_EED94B0B) Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] staging: brcm80211: brcmfmac driver cleanup From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= To: Hauke Mehrtens Cc: Arend van Spriel , Franky Lin , gregkh@suse.de, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: W dniu 12 sierpnia 2011 17:14 użytkownik Hauke Mehrtens napisał: > On 08/12/2011 04:02 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >> 2011/8/12 Arend van Spriel : >>> Several cleanup patches to reduce code for the brcmfmac driver and >>> get rid of a remaining checkpatch warning. The driver sources should >>> be clear from checkpatch issue now. >>> >>> This series applies to staging-next and depends on the following patch set: >> >> Are you testing patches on some hardware? Or just compile-testing? >> >> I believe this driver is meant to support BCM4329, which is not PCI(e) >> board. What adapter do you use? >> >> I've heard about Arasan adapter. Have you tried it? Is that something >> reachable from arasan.com? >> > > Is there also a softmac version of the BCM4329 available? The wl driver > shipped with the vendor firmware of my BCM4716 device detects one of the > wifi chips as BCM4329. I think it is the one in the BCM4716 and that is > already supported by b43. Or is this a wrong information? > > Here is the output of the kernel log: > eth0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.10.144.3 > eth1: Broadcom BCM4329 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.144.5 > PCI: Enabling device 01:01.0 (0000 -> 0002) > eth2: Broadcom BCMa8d8 802.11 Wireless Controller 5.10.144.5 Please, try lspci and if you can, b43. I believe that is 14e4:4329 which is BCM4321. Why wl can't properly print chipset name - ask Broadcom. -- Rafał