On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 15:13, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 14:55 +1100, Julian Calaby wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 14:31, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Sat, 2010-11-20 at 11:29 +1100, Julian Calaby wrote: >> >> If we cannot obtain proper firmware files, the very least Marvel could >> >> do would be to bless the *BSD Malo driver's firmware files (obtainable >> >> here: http://www.nazgul.ch/malo/malo-firmware-1.4.tgz - see >> >> http://www.unix.com/man-page/freebsd/4/MALO/ for more info) with a >> >> proper re-distributable license. >> >> >> >> In terms of the actual chipsets in question, I'm referring to the >> >> 88w8335, 88w8338, and 88w8385 chipsets. I believe Marvel refers to >> > >> > Note that the 8385 shouldn't be included in this list, since it's a >> > FullMAC chip, is handled already by the 'libertas' kernel driver, and >> > we've already got firmware for its CF & SDIO variants in linux-firmware >> > along with the 8388, 8682, 8686, and 8688. >> >> That'll teach me to not do all the research on this =) >> >> I pulled that number from the Malo firmware archive linked above. >> (Malo claims to only work with 8335s, but yeah) I'm guessing that if >> that firmware file is used, it'd be for a PCI variant of the 8385 >> chipset (given that such a thing exists) and that isn't supported by >> the "libertas" driver. > > Malo supports the PCMCIA/CF variant of the 8385; not a PCI variant > AFAICT. I know of no PCI variant for the 8385, just CF, SDIO, and GSPI. > But I find it curious that malo supports 8335+8385, given that the > firmware interface of the 8385 and the 8335 are so different. Unless > they have special firmware, the 8385 is a fullmac device, while the 8335 > is a softmac device. Enough differences exist that I'd expect them to > be driven by separate drivers, otherwise the code would be quite ugly. > Which is why we didn't try to shoehorn the 8335 or TopDog stuff into > libertas. You clearly know a hell of a lot more about the ins and outs of Marvel chipsets that I do. =) I stand corrected. So, to amend my previous request: We're after firmware for the softmac 88w8335 chipset *only*. Though it may be nicer if Marvell were to bless Malo's firmware package (linked above) as this contains firmware for the PCI 88w8335, USB 88w8338 and a file which claims to be for the PCMCIA/CF 88w8385. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/ -- 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
