On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:39:22 +0200 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The normal firmware for brcmsmac is available in the linux-firmware git > repository, but this firmware does not work on a bcm4716 devices with a > ieee80211 core rev 16. When using a firmware extracted from the > proprietary Broadcom driver the device works with brcmsmac. > > I tested a firmware version 666.2 extracted from the proprietary driver > with brcmsmac on a BCM4716 and a BCM43224 and haven't seen any > problems. The interface between the firmware and the driver changed > some times, brcmsmac only support firmware version 598 and newer. > > For some entries in the firmware used by brcmsmac, fwcutter has to be > more extended, so we are adding dummy entires for them in > brcmsmac_add_dummy_entries(). Currently these entries are not used by > brcmsmac, but it is checked if they are in the archive. > > I would still appreciate if Broadcom could release a firmware with > support for the ieee80211 core found in the bcm4716. > > Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> I'm OK with it. Some other comments? -- Greetings, Michael. PGP encryption is encouraged / 908D8B0E
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