integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Francesco Gringoli
Hello, we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems stable. I personally tested it also on a Linksys WRT54GL and it works both in station and in AP modes. I collected the feedbacks that some of you sent and it seems that the firmware now runs on these board: - 4306, 4311, 4

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 18:36 +0100, Francesco Gringoli wrote: > Hello, > > we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems stable. > I personally tested it also on a Linksys WRT54GL and it works both in > station and in AP modes. Did you try pushing it hard? i.e. doing a nice bi

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Larry Finger
Francesco Gringoli wrote: > Hello, > > we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems stable. I > personally tested it also on a Linksys WRT54GL and it works both in > station and in AP modes. I collected the feedbacks that some of you sent > and it seems that the firmware now runs

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 23 January 2009 18:36:37 Francesco Gringoli wrote: > Hello, > > we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems stable. > I personally tested it also on a Linksys WRT54GL and it works both in > station and in AP modes. I collected the feedbacks that some of you > sent

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 23 January 2009 19:01:00 Larry Finger wrote: > The driver can certainly be coded to look for the open-source firmware > names before trying to load vendor firmware. That way there will not > be any confusion. I already posted that, but in case you missed it: http://bu3sch.de/patches/wire

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 23 January 2009 19:50:37 Dan Williams wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 19:08 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > > On Friday 23 January 2009 19:01:00 Larry Finger wrote: > > > The driver can certainly be coded to look for the open-source firmware > > > names before trying to load vendor firmware

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 23, 2009, at 7:02 PM, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2009 18:36:37 Francesco Gringoli wrote: >> Hello, >> >> we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems stable. >> I personally tested it also on a Linksys WRT54GL and it works both in >> station and in AP mode

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 23, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > Francesco Gringoli wrote: >> Hello, >> >> we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems >> stable. I >> personally tested it also on a Linksys WRT54GL and it works both in >> station and in AP modes. I collected the feedbacks tha

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 23 January 2009 20:18:52 Francesco Gringoli wrote: > > Nothing. Why do we need to have different names? > Well, I was only considering a question raised by John, we can surely > maintain these names. I guess I missed that. What was the question? Note that proprietary and open firmwares

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 23 January 2009 20:24:47 Francesco Gringoli wrote: > On Jan 23, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > > > Francesco Gringoli wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems > >> stable. I > >> personally tested it also on a Linksys WRT54GL a

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Larry Finger
Francesco Gringoli wrote: > Damn... that would be a very hard writing We do not have any 4311/2 > board: at first glance there are more condition registers whose meaning > we do not know. Very different hardware, didn't know. Thank you for the > feedback. > > By the way: is that device inside

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 23, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2009 20:18:52 Francesco Gringoli wrote: >>> Nothing. Why do we need to have different names? >> Well, I was only considering a question raised by John, we can surely >> maintain these names. > > I guess I missed that. What w

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 23 January 2009 20:46:45 Francesco Gringoli wrote: > -- Is using the Broadcom names for the firmware the best course of > -- action? What if the opensource firmware files were named something > -- like "os-ucode5.fw", etc. and b43 were coded to check for those files > -- first? It would t

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 23, 2009, at 8:37 PM, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2009 20:24:47 Francesco Gringoli wrote: >> On Jan 23, 2009, at 7:01 PM, Larry Finger wrote: >> >>> Francesco Gringoli wrote: Hello, we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems stable. I

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-23 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 23, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 18:36 +0100, Francesco Gringoli wrote: >> Hello, >> >> we have been testing the firmware for a week now and it seems stable. >> I personally tested it also on a Linksys WRT54GL and it works both in >> station and in AP mo

[PATCH] b43: Automatically probe for opensource firmware

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Buesch
First probe for proprietary firmware and then probe for opensource firmware. This way around it's a win-win situation. 1) If proprietary fw is available, it will work. 2) If opensource firmware is available, but no proprietary (Distros can only ship open fw) it might work. 3) If both open and p

Re: [PATCH] b43: Automatically probe for opensource firmware

2009-01-23 Thread Larry Finger
Michael Buesch wrote: > First probe for proprietary firmware and then probe for opensource firmware. > This way around it's a win-win situation. > 1) If proprietary fw is available, it will work. > 2) If opensource firmware is available, but no proprietary (Distros can only > ship open fw) >it

Re: [PATCH] b43: Automatically probe for opensource firmware

2009-01-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Saturday 24 January 2009 06:04:47 Larry Finger wrote: > Michael Buesch wrote: > > First probe for proprietary firmware and then probe for opensource firmware. > > This way around it's a win-win situation. > > 1) If proprietary fw is available, it will work. > > 2) If opensource firmware is avail