On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 16:10, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:48 +1100, Julian Calaby wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 15:13, Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > 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. =) > > Eh, *some* of the chipsets :) Others (Lennert) know a lot more about > later versions than I do. But I never know everything or even enough of > anything :) I know exactly how you feel. =) >> 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. > > Yeah, though honestly I'd rather have the duplex firmware from MSSII for > the 8335, since it can do AP mode too. That does leave the 8338 (USB?) Me too - and it'd mean that we don't have to do AP-mode firmware loading tricks like in mw8k. But if we can't get that then some firmware is better than none. > of course but we can probably get clarification on that too. As with > the 8335, I only have access to a 8335 Windows driver, but if we had a > firmware extractor tool, I believe the Marvell Extranet firmware license > covers embedded firmware from Windows .sys files too. I think I may have a simple firmware extractor at home that I pulled from *somewhere* when I was working on this last time. We can see if it does anything with those files. I believe I have at least two different Windows drivers at home - IIRC, one of them is *just* the files needed for this extractor. > And I think I might actually have a usb8338 too somewhere... Nice! Out of curiosity, what brand and model number is it? I might see if I can obtain one for testing / development or whatever. (Not that I really have time to write a driver, but I can test at the very least) 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
