On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 5:27 AM, James Cameron <quozl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 12:38:28PM +0300, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:18 AM, James Cameron <quozl@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 do you know that? Are you saying that SPI support was removed > from firmware during the conversion from fat to thin? Err, there's no lbtf_spi.bin file. >> > How are you downloading firmware over SPI? >> >> See drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c, but it's for fat >> firmware > > What happens if you send the thin firmware instead? I have no thin firmware for 8686 with SPI interface >> > I'm not aware of a second stage firmware download helper specific to >> > the SPI mode. >> >> What's a second stage firmware download helper? > > File sd8686_helper.bin, we use it in Open Firmware with SDIO 8686 on > OLPC XO. > > For SPI, which we don't use, I see if_spi.c uses gspi8686_v9_helper.bin > > I was wrong; I am now aware of a second stage firmware downloader > helper specific to the SPI mode. I hadn't looked before. > >> > 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 :( > > Cozybit did the thin firmware, if I recall correctly. Do you think it makes sense to contact them? Regards Vasily > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.linux.org.au/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
