2007/12/1, Nick Kossifidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2007/11/25, Nick Kossifidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I was searching the net on stuff about 23** chips and i found the > > following post... > > http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r19399723-Merakiisnt-that-special > > > > That shows a full dump of the information found in eeprom (i guess > > that tool is part of athero's suite, well we can always make ath_info > > do the same ;-) ). After i found this post i tried to find similar > > dumps from other chipsets and i got this one... > > > > http://www.oswave.com/mediawiki/index.php/Eeprom_output > > > > So here's what we got: > > > > a) We need to get per channel calibration and power information from > > eeprom so we can be a step closer on fixing tx power support (at least > > now we know what the values should look like so it won't be that > > difficult, we also have the offsets etc, we just got to fill the > > missing bits in eeprom_init). > > > > b) We need to find out how these values are used (what we know so far > > is that they are used to modify RF Buffer -that's something totally > > obscure for now, we know nothing about rf buffer, what we have is from > > regdumps-). Here are some infos that might help (after searching on > > the net): > > > > XLNA = eXternal Low Noise Amplifier > > XPA = eXternal Pre Amplifier > > OB = Octave Band > > X Gain = Cross Gain (?) > > XPD = Cross Polarization Discrimination > > PGA = Programmable Gain Amplifier > > > > Also i found a nice patent from Atheros about 5111/2111 here -> > > http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2003092997&IA=WO2003092997&DISPLAY=DESC > > > > I haven't read it all but seems informative ;-) > > > > -- > > GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB > > As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) > > Nick > > I've modified ath_info to dump all eeprom data we currently read with > eeprom_init, i'll commit changes asap on svn > (madwifi/branches/madwifi-trace/tools). I'll continue to work on > ath_info on userspace and when i'm able to read what the above eeprom > dumps show, i'll commit a patch for ath5k. > > Most important: we should then start comparing eeprom dumps with > regdumps, to be more precise we need to see where (position) and how > (shifts etc) these eeprom values (calibration data) are written in rf > buffer before we commit it, during reset (take a look in rfregs > functions inside phy.c to see what i mean). To figure out how these > functions work for different chipsets we need to have both eeprom > infos -input- and regdumps -output- to play with. Right now ath_info > makes a dump of the eeprom but it's not helpfull output right now > (after all we need a working eeprom_init). > > If we figure out how to create a propper rf buffer packet for each PHY > chip we'll be able to support them all ;-) >
Just commited it, this contains what we know about eeprom, we need to find more... -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick _______________________________________________ ath5k-devel mailing list ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-devel
