Return-path: Received: from mxin.vub.ac.be ([134.184.129.112]:28524 "EHLO mxin.vub.ac.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753301Ab3KASJZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Nov 2013 14:09:25 -0400 Message-ID: <5273EE53.50705@telenet.be> (sfid-20131101_190934_750559_52CB2910) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:09:23 +0100 From: Ruben De Smet MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Larry Finger , b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless , brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com Subject: Re: BCM43228 References: <52737A9C.3020404@telenet.be> <5273C948.9060409@lwfinger.net> <5273D018.7080607@telenet.be> <5273DFC6.8000305@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: <5273DFC6.8000305@lwfinger.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/01/2013 06:07 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > On 11/01/2013 11:00 AM, Ruben De Smet wrote: >> AFAIK, broadcom only offers it's drivers for intel x86 and >> x64_86; I guess by MIPS, you mean the architecture? (why wouldn't >> the intel driver work? Pretty unknown on the subject ;) ) >> >> I read the WIP mail about the 227 chip, I could possibly wait for >> that one to be released and test it out on mine? >> >> For the record: the issue I'm having is as follows: when >> connecting via the bluetooth part of the chip to my phone and >> using DUN to connect to the internet, everything works fine until >> I shut down the connection. Then my kernel panics. (Another issue >> of course is the fact that wl is the only closed source thing in >> my kernel running atm on my notebook...) >> >> On brcmsmac: is linux-wireless the right mailinglist to post to >> then? I see that the range of supported devices is more close to >> my chip than b43 is ;) I added brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com to >> this mail too, which looks like the more appropriate mailinglist >> to post the issue to. >> >> R >> >> PS. snippet of the output of 'lspci -nn': >> >> 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 >> 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359] >> >> Other information on request, will try to answer asap. > > The MIPS drivers are part of the codes used in various SoC > implementations used in wireless routers. Disassembling an x86 > code stream is much harder than for a machine like MIPS where all > instructions are the same size. > > Larry > > AFAIK this chip won't be incorporated in routers nor access points. As Arend van Spriel stated in a followup mail, I'll keep brcm80211-dev-list@broadcom.com in the To field. Any chance that the brcm80211 team knows something on this topic? For what I feel here, they are the people who will be closest to the issue. Thank you for your time. R -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSc+5SAAoJEPgmWogSE9wQau4IALRlKUQ3VpSjaX6/wgr2pY7X d0pyHGCXVQAdKsvJoyIXqGAfpqRNM7jMsaZlP0ZEAwy0klq4Muh288UrF4SJGeHo ZJx4j3AZhvu4bZrlWUc0tede0V1pe2Cughy6QIpgUwZdNli+FHpYsLXl+ktk2wR4 KQvUYzhB+09/YRSUgaGhbF+uR0XfW6uqK32NE8+hWjZF1VgGj7mZJd7ApYjbGTq/ 91sOUM92F6JSFRGx9skCUwf0M/XhzCG+1w/vcw8eN7rbLqIh+GNYFhzhMC35xfjW cENvCZ9hi0UyQQ+scPwbmQRHhwqsavN6Wk0irJdst6JxMML2jDjHsVAJR/vGTFk= =drMC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----