Removed duplicated text sections in README. Removed Bugs/problems that no longer occur. One brcmsmac instability remains, (to be solved with new ucode), that has been moved to the TODO file. Signed-off-by: Roland Vossen <rvossen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/brcm80211/README | 82 +++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/README b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/README index 6356f80..8ad5586 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/README +++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/README @@ -1,64 +1,58 @@ -Broadcom Mac80211 driver +Broadcom brcmsmac (mac80211-based softmac PCIe) and brcmfmac (SDIO) drivers. -Firmware installation -====================== -Firmware is available from the Linux firmware repository at: +Completely open source host drivers, no binary object files. - git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git - http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git - https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git +Support for the following chips: +=============================== -For all chips, copy brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw and brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw to -/lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed on your system). + brcmsmac (PCIe) + Name Device ID + BCM4313 0x4727 + BCM43224 0x4353 + BCM43225 0x4357 -Currently supported chips -============== -PCI -Name Device ID -BCM4313 0x4727 -BCM43224 0x4353 -BCM43225 0x4357 + brcmfmac (SDIO) + Name + BCM4329 +Both brcmsmac and brcmfmac drivers require firmware files that need to be +separately downloaded. -Bugs/Problems -============== -- Driver can get confused while scanning during high throughput, can cause - burping, hanging, and possible crashing. -- Occasional hangs & burps with BCM43224 on 2.4 GHz with dual stream rates. -- Occasional crashes with BCM43224 on multicore machines. - +Firmware +====================== +Firmware is available from the Linux firmware repository at: -Broadcom fullmac driver + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git + http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git + https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git -This is production driver. -What's here -=========== -- Completely open source host driver, no binary object files -- Features Broadcom's OneDriver architecture (single source base for - supported chips and architectures) -- On-chip firmware loaded using standard request_firmware() -- Support for BCM4329(SDIO) +=============================================================== +Broadcom brcmsmac driver +=============================================================== +- Support for both 32 and 64 bit Linux kernels -What's done -========== -- Integration with cfg80211 stack -- Most of Mac functionality is performed in dongle -- A-MPDU single stream rates -- BCM4329: Dualband, Single stream, 20MHz channels Firmware installation ====================== -Firmware is available from the Linux firmware repository at: +Copy brcm/bcm43xx-0.fw and brcm/bcm43xx_hdr-0.fw to +/lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed +on your system). + + +=============================================================== +Broadcom brcmfmac driver +=============================================================== +- Support for 32 bit Linux kernel, 64 bit untested - git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git - http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git - https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git -For 4329 chip, copy brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.bin and brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt +Firmware installation +====================== +Copy brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.bin and brcm/bcm4329-fullmac-4.txt to /lib/firmware/brcm (or wherever firmware is normally installed on your system). + Contact Info: ============= Brett Rudley brudley@xxxxxxxxxxxx @@ -67,4 +61,4 @@ Dowan Kim dowan@xxxxxxxxxxxx Roland Vossen rvossen@xxxxxxxxxxxx Arend van Spriel arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx -For more info, refer to: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 \ No newline at end of file +For more info, refer to: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 -- 1.7.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
