On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Lennert Buytenhek > <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 03:29:26PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote: >> >>> >>> >> >> >> Are you planning to or even working on support (for) 8361 devices? >>> >>> >> >> > >>> >>> >> >> > I don't have any such plans, and I don't know of anyone who does. >>> >>> >> >> >>> >>> >> >> Does 8361 require firmware support? >>> >>> >> > >>> >>> >> > What do you mean by that? >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> IIRC ath5k for example needs no external firmware file. >>> >>> > >>> >>> > The 8361 requires firmware to be loaded into it before it'll do >>> >>> > anything useful. >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> >> >> Does a firmware file exist (name?)? >>> >>> >> > >>> >>> >> > There's firmware for the 8361 out there, however, that version of >>> >>> >> > the firmware implements a firmware API that is different from the >>> >>> >> > one that mwl8k currently implements. >>> >>> >> > >>> >>> >> > You could add 8361 support to mwl8k, but then you'd have to go over >>> >>> >> > all the firmware command invocations in mwl8k and make sure that they >>> >>> >> > will work on the 8361 firmware that you're trying to support as well. >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> Without having a 8361 this will be even harder to walk through. >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> Anyway, thanks for your detailed explanations. >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> What's the alternative for such affected users? >>> >>> >> Use ndis-wrapper? >>> >>> > >>> >>> > I'm not sure. I've never tried to get a 8361 work under Linux. >>> >>> >>> >>> Just found on [1] this same wrong patch in [2] :-). >>> >>> Dunno if [3] worked and from where they have stolen fw-files. >>> >>> >>> >>> - Sedat - >>> >>> >>> >>> [1] https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/7209 >>> >>> [2] https://dev.openwrt.org/attachment/ticket/7209/mwl8k_fix_pci_id.patch >>> >>> [3] https://dev.openwrt.org/attachment/ticket/7209/mwl8k_8361p.patch >>> >> >>> >> I doubt that [3] is really all that's needed to make it work. But if >>> >> there's someone for whom it works, I'd like them to run some tests on >>> >> mwl8k + [3] on 88w8361p. >>> > >>> > Just asked lautriv to do so (he will do against linux-3.3.3), lets' see. >>> > Also, I refreshed and adapted a bit the instructions (see attachment). >>> > >>> > - Sedat - >>> >>> [ CC Jim Cromie ] >>> >>> Now, with extracted firmware files renamed & copied to >>> /lib/firmware/mwl8k/ and applied patch (see attachment) against >>> Linux-3.4-rc4+ I am seeing with modinfo: >>> >>> $ sudo modinfo mwl8k >>> filename: >>> /lib/modules/3.4.0-rc4-5-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.ko >>> license: GPL >>> author: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> version: 0.13 >>> description: Marvell TOPDOG(R) 802.11 Wireless Network Driver >>> firmware: mwl8k/fmimage_8366_ap-2.fw >>> firmware: mwl8k/fmimage_8366.fw >>> firmware: mwl8k/helper_8366.fw >>> firmware: mwl8k/fmimage_8687.fw >>> firmware: mwl8k/helper_8687.fw >>> firmware: mwl8k/fmimage_8363.fw >>> firmware: mwl8k/helper_8363.fw >>> firmware: mwl8k/fmimage_8361p.fw >>> firmware: mwl8k/helper_8361p.fw >>> srcversion: 9E1479A05C8D67E6AE90746 >>> alias: pci:v000011ABd00002A43sv*sd*bc*sc*i* >>> alias: pci:v000011ABd00002A40sv*sd*bc*sc*i* >>> alias: pci:v000011ABd00002A30sv*sd*bc*sc*i* >>> alias: pci:v000011ABd00002A2Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* >>> alias: pci:v000011ABd00002A24sv*sd*bc*sc*i* >>> alias: pci:v000011ABd00002A0Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* >>> alias: pci:v000011ABd00002A0Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* >>> alias: pci:v000011ABd00002A02sv*sd*bc*sc*i* <--- 8361P: >>> 0x2a02 PCI device-id >>> depends: mac80211,cfg80211 >>> vermagic: 3.4.0-rc4-5-generic SMP mod_unload modversions >>> parm: ap_mode_default:Set to 1 to make ap mode the default >>> instead of sta mode (bool) >>> >>> $ ls -l /lib/firmware/mwl8k/ >>> insgesamt 456 >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 75848 Apr 27 13:49 fmimage_8361p.fw <--- >>> 8361P: Firmware image >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101780 Mär 19 19:32 fmimage_8366_ap-1.fw >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101976 Mär 19 19:32 fmimage_8366_ap-2.fw >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96664 Mär 19 19:32 fmimage_8366.fw >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73252 Feb 23 20:07 fmimage_8687.fw >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2476 Apr 27 13:49 helper_8361p.fw <--- 8361P: >>> Helper image >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2476 Mär 19 19:32 helper_8366.fw >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2476 Feb 23 20:07 helper_8687.fw >>> >>> As said... ***compile-tested*** only here. >> >> Which doesn't say much at all, but.. >> > > As already pointed out, no Marwell WLAN hardware here. Marvell comics > of course :-). > >> >>> I had a short query with lautriv on #linux-wireless this afternoon: >>> * mwl8k kernel-module was autoloaded >>> * wlan0 interface got fired up >>> * ESSID was accepted >>> * logs reported 802.11bgn support is active >>> * (he tested on Linux-3.3.3) >>> >>> With WPA/WPA2 lautriv had some problems as his installation was >>> missing wpasupplicant. >>> He setup a classic /etc/network/interfaces. >>> After resetting his router mwl8k worked nicely. >>> >>> Unfortunately, he was on the run and promised me to send logs and do >>> more testing this evening. >> >> ..but this is pretty interesting. I thought that the only available >> 8361p firmware used an incompatible firmware API, and I didn't know >> of the existence of an apparently compatible firmware. >> >> >>> So, Lennert if you want more testing - What? How? etc. >> >> For one, the output of 'iw phy', please. >> >> Also, does monitor mode work? Do you get plausible channel/rxpower >> values in tcpdump in monitor mode? >> >> Are there any messages in the syslog about failing commands? >> >> >> thanks, >> Lennert > > On 1st sight, logs look fine: > > [21:52:52] <lautriv> [ 6.050967] ieee80211 phy0: 88w8361p v4, > 00173f3bdde3, STA firmware 2.1.4.25 > > But WLAN connection is not that fast and stable as lautriv reports > (several abnormalities were observed). > > I requested a tarball which includes: > * dmesg (Linux-3.3.3) > * e_n_a (/etc/network/interfaces) > * ifconfig output > * iwconfig output > * iw_phy output > * ps_axu (WPA) output > > lautriv will be so kind to be around on #linux-wireless/Freenode the > next days (UTC+2: German/Swiss local-time). > Just ping him. > > Hope you have fun, together! > > - Sedat - A new tarball from lautriv with same outputs as before, but now tested with Linux-3.4-rc4. - Sedat -
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