Return-path: Received: from mail-oa0-f49.google.com ([209.85.219.49]:36824 "EHLO mail-oa0-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760951Ab3LIJit (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Dec 2013 04:38:49 -0500 Received: by mail-oa0-f49.google.com with SMTP id i4so3542634oah.36 for ; Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:38:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20131209041821.GC14878@us.netrek.org> References: <20131203202607.0b445195@kemnade.info> <1386167786.19448.4.camel@dcbw.foobar.com> <20131209041821.GC14878@us.netrek.org> From: Vasily Khoruzhick Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:38:28 +0300 Message-ID: (sfid-20131209_103858_456183_856DEA05) Subject: Re: status of libertas_tf + sdio? To: James Cameron Cc: Dan Williams , Andreas Kemnade , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:18 AM, James Cameron wrote: > On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 01:40:00PM +0300, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote: >> Out of curiosity, >> >> Does anyone know if it's possible to get thin firmware for 8686 with >> SPI interface? > > What happens when you try? How? There's no tf available for 8686 with SPI interface. > How are you downloading firmware over SPI? See drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c, but it's for fat firmware > I'm not aware of a second stage firmware download helper specific to > the SPI mode. What's a second stage firmware download helper? > I think it is not possible without firmware engineering. Yeah, just hoped that Marvell already did it. It's a pity that firmware source code isn't available :( Regards Vasily > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/