Return-path: Received: from mms3.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.19]:4949 "EHLO MMS3.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751403Ab1HZRcu convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:32:50 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:31:59 -0700 From: "Henry Ptasinski" To: =?utf-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= cc: "Arend Van Spriel" , "Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" , "gregkh@suse.de" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "Henry Ptasinski" , hharte@broadcom.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] staging: brcm80211: brcmfmac driver cleanup Message-ID: <20110826173159.GA4888@broadcom.com> (sfid-20110826_193255_053197_3ECD000B) References: <1313156101-16817-1-git-send-email-arend@broadcom.com> <4E4555AD.7040809@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 02:20:43AM -0700, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > W dniu 12 sierpnia 2011 22:04 użytkownik Rafał Miłecki > napisał: > > W dniu 12 sierpnia 2011 18:32 użytkownik Arend van Spriel > > 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? > >> > >> Our brcm80211 source tree under drivers/staging contain two drivers. The > >> brcmsmac driver currently supporting the PCI(e) cards with bcm43224, > >> bcm43225, and bcm4313 chips and the brcmfmac driver currently supporting the > >> SDIO card with bcm4329 chip. brcmsmac is a mac80211 driver and brcmfmac is a > >> cfg80211 driver. > >> > >> We indeed use the Arasan adapter and both drivers are running in nightly > >> test cycle testing our common internal repository. So the drivers are > >> functionally tested on the x86 platforms (32 and 64 bit). Also looking at > >> sparc64 and powerpc64 but not in a nightly cycle. > > > > Is there a chance you can donate me with such a adapter and card? > > Ping? Sorry, I meant to respond to this earlier. The Arasan adapters are in very short supply here, and honestly they have enough issues that we're looking for better options. A possibly better approach would be a device with a BCM4329 on the motherboard (e.g. table, phone, etc) that can run a relatively stock linux kernel. However, I don't know of a specific platform at the moment to recommend. A second choice would be something with a decent sdio controller built-in. Some older laptops worked ok (e.g. Dell E4100), but they're more and more diffucult to find. - Henry