Return-path: Received: from mail-qw0-f53.google.com ([209.85.216.53]:57031 "EHLO mail-qw0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751224Ab1LRE4u (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:56:50 -0500 Received: by qadb15 with SMTP id b15so2724544qad.19 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:56:50 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4EECBDDC.5070908@lwfinger.net> References: <4EECBDDC.5070908@lwfinger.net> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:56:48 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20111218_055710_577201_B19A568B) Subject: Re: wl0084a / wl1271 understanding From: Raffaele Recalcati To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > On 12/16/2011 10:54 PM, Raffaele Recalcati wrote: >> >> I'm an embedded developer and I really want opensource development for >> wireless, to be sure to maintain it in many kernel versions I will >> have. >> I'm not an wifi expert and so I can have done some mistakes here below. >> >> wl0084a >> ============= >> grep -rin wl008 drivers >> give no result on kernel 3.2-rc6. >> What is the normal approach to take in account? >> I have to immediately change the usb wifi dongle due to the lacking of >> information to develop e proper driver or maybe >> there is some possibility? >> Here I can find Logilink drivers >> http://www.logilink.eu/content/support/download.htm?seticlanguage=en >> They confirm support for LINUX (kernel 2.6.18 ~ 2.6.33) >> Looking into drivers files ... yes , they are proprietary. > > > Some of the Logilink devices have Realtek chips. If this is a USB device, > please post the output of 'lsusb'. If it is PCI, post the output of 'lspci > -nnv' - we only need the part that describes the wireless device. > > Larry > Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:8176 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.