Return-path: Received: from mho-04-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.74]:27921 "EHLO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751566Ab1HZUBC (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:01:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:00:57 -0400 From: Jason To: Henry Ptasinski Cc: =?utf-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , Howard Harte , "gregkh@suse.de" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] staging: brcm80211: brcmfmac driver cleanup Message-ID: <20110826200057.GM29321@titan.lakedaemon.net> (sfid-20110826_220106_940709_96BA816E) References: <1313156101-16817-1-git-send-email-arend@broadcom.com> <4E4555AD.7040809@broadcom.com> <20110826173159.GA4888@broadcom.com> <20110826173855.GL29321@titan.lakedaemon.net> <20110826174446.GE4888@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20110826174446.GE4888@broadcom.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:44:46AM -0700, Henry Ptasinski wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:38:55AM -0700, Jason wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:31:59AM -0700, Henry Ptasinski wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Nexus One phone? > > That's a possibility. Are people running recent, relatively unmodified linux > kernels on the Nexus One? (Or you could backport brcmfmac to the Android > version of the kernel, perhaps using compat-wireless). folks run debian from the sdcard [1], a mainline kernel shouldn't be too big of a stretch from there. Especially if the purpose is for testing wifi. Don't need PM, GSM, display, 3D, etc for that. Note, I haven't tried it yet, myself. It's been on the _long_ list of projects. It would be higher on the list if brcmfmac supported all the normal Linux features like monitor mode, AP mode, multiple-VAPs, etc. Or, at least, was in mainline and would accept patches adding such features... ;-) hth, Jason. [1] http://www.irregular-expression.com/?p=30