Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:35595 "EHLO mail-we0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753387Ab2AJLOP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:14:15 -0500 Received: by werm1 with SMTP id m1so3366549wer.19 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:14:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4F0C1C0C.2020504@broadcom.com> References: <4F0B67BA.20207@lwfinger.net> <4F0C1C0C.2020504@broadcom.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:14:14 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20120110_121419_899115_CF844FCC) Subject: Re: BCM43231 From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= To: Arend van Spriel Cc: Larry Finger , b43-dev , Abimanyu Gottumukkala , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2012/1/10 Arend van Spriel : > On 01/09/2012 11:18 PM, Larry Finger wrote: >> >> I remember seeing some mail about the Broadcom guys working on a Linux driver >> for a USB fullmac device. Is this the one? (I added Arend to the Cc.) >> >> Larry >> > > As you know we currently have two linux drivers. brcmfmac is a fullmac > architecture for cfg80211, brcmsmac is a softmac architecture for > mac80211. The brcmfmac driver will get usb support soon (when I finish > my testing over here) but it supports another device (ie. bcm43236). > > The bcm43231 has another architecture and can not be supported by either > of the drivers. Can you check what chipset is 0846:9020? I didn't see any prove it's BCM43231 so far. Can you confirm/deny this? Firmware upload of Windows driver for 0846:9020 looks similar to brcmfmac. -- Rafał