On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 01:00:57PM -0700, Jason wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:44:46AM -0700, Henry Ptasinski wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:38:55AM -0700, Jason wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:31:59AM -0700, Henry Ptasinski wrote: > > > > A possibly better approach would be a device with a BCM4329 on the > > > > motherboard (e.g. table, phone, etc) that can run a relatively stock > > > > linux kernel. However, I don't know of a specific platform at the > > > > moment to recommend. > > > > > > Nexus One phone? > > > > That's a possibility. Are people running recent, relatively unmodified linux > > kernels on the Nexus One? (Or you could backport brcmfmac to the Android > > version of the kernel, perhaps using compat-wireless). > > folks run debian from the sdcard [1], a mainline kernel shouldn't be too > big of a stretch from there. Especially if the purpose is for testing > wifi. Don't need PM, GSM, display, 3D, etc for that. > > Note, I haven't tried it yet, myself. It's been on the _long_ list of > projects. It would be higher on the list if brcmfmac supported all the > normal Linux features like monitor mode, AP mode, multiple-VAPs, etc. > Or, at least, was in mainline and would accept patches adding such > features... ;-) Would definitely accept patches for such features! We're definitely interested in them, and they're all on our list to add, but crossing the chasm is the first step. - Henry _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
