Message-ID: <5000917E.2030801@gtri.gatech.edu> (sfid-20120713_232137_104734_E3AF688D)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:22:06 -0400
From: Joshua Roys <Joshua.Roys@gtri.gatech.edu>
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To: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
CC: wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [WIP v2] rtlwifi: rtl8192su subdriver
References: <4FEF0BD1.90405@gmail.com> <4FFAD137.3020806@gtri.gatech.edu> <50009024.4080607@gmail.com>
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On 07/13/2012 05:16 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> On 07/09/2012 02:40 PM, Joshua Roys wrote:
>
>> Currently I'm still searching for the hidden/undocumented registers
>> that will
>  > allow the rtlwifi driver to drive the *su chips.  (The rtlwifi drive=
r
> uses the
>  > softmac infrastructure while the current firmware for the *su chips
> really
>  > needs a fullmac driver.)
>
> Is there any reason to think a fullmac driver is better than a softmac
> for this chip ?

The firmware provides a very similar set of services as called by=20
drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c (albeit through a different calling=20
interface).  This would offload some processing to the device and=20
potentially allow the host to sleep more.  The big reason not to is that =

we have rtlwifi/softmac already...

Josh


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