Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-25 Thread Rafał Miłecki
2009/1/14 Lorenzo Nava : > we completed the 1st version of initvals. They are available at > http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf > . Currently only binary version is available: don't worry, we will > publish source code as soon as possible!! This first version is a > "test version": please try it and

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Buesch
On Wednesday 21 January 2009 18:29:40 Francesco Gringoli wrote: > Hello everyone, > > we just made available a new opensource firmware version, download at > http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf > > New features: > - initvals source code added, initvals files are encoded by make process > - firmware

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-21 Thread Francesco Gringoli
Hello everyone, we just made available a new opensource firmware version, download at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf New features: - initvals source code added, initvals files are encoded by make process - firmware is now recognized as opensource, though still as version 351 (old format). Fi

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-16 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 16 January 2009 00:17:43 Kyle McMartin wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 05:09:49PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: > > Already implemented here: > > http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20081227-1821/patches/008-b43-probe-open-fw.patch > > I just need to fix a leak in an error path befo

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-16 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 16 January 2009 00:01:41 Francesco Gringoli wrote: > On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > > > Michael Buesch wrote: > >> Yes, please introduce a feature-bitfield at some location in SHM > >> that's unused > >> by the proprietary firmware. This bitfields would contain a bi

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > Michael Buesch wrote: >> Yes, please introduce a feature-bitfield at some location in SHM >> that's unused >> by the proprietary firmware. This bitfields would contain a bit for >> QoS and >> a bit for hwcrypto. >> Also change your firmware so

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 15 January 2009 16:59:11 Larry Finger wrote: > Michael Buesch wrote: > > Yes, please introduce a feature-bitfield at some location in SHM that's > > unused > > by the proprietary firmware. This bitfields would contain a bit for QoS and > > a bit for hwcrypto. > > Also change your firmw

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Larry Finger
Michael Buesch wrote: > Yes, please introduce a feature-bitfield at some location in SHM that's unused > by the proprietary firmware. This bitfields would contain a bit for QoS and > a bit for hwcrypto. > Also change your firmware so the driver detects it as open-source firmware. > I think that's d

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 15 January 2009 16:37:57 Michael Buesch wrote: > On Wednesday 14 January 2009 21:45:22 Johannes Berg wrote: > > > > > Initvals and new firmware version can be found at > > > http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf > > > > I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can > > r

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Buesch
On Wednesday 14 January 2009 21:45:22 Johannes Berg wrote: > > > Initvals and new firmware version can be found at > > http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf > > I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can > recognise it and automatically disable qos and hwcrypto. Yes, please intr

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread gavron
Lorenzo Nava wrote: > Yes, you're right. Actually there are 2 ways to make firmware works: > 1) Disable hw crypto with module parameter > 2) Remove pcm5.fw from your /lib/firmware/b43 directory > > When I run the firmware I never include pcm5.fw file. The only > initvals really necessary are b0g0

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Lorenzo Nava
> Pardon me, but those filenames are identical and contain no numbers. Did > those get stripped off somewhere? >> I did a mistake. The correct name are b0g0bsinitvals5.fw and b0g0initvals5.fw for revision 5. Sorry Cheers Lorenzo ___ Bcm43xx-dev maili

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Lorenzo Nava
2009/1/14 Larry Finger : > Lorenzo Nava wrote: > >> Today we have also tested a new firmware version that works with >> WPA2-personal (both TKIP and CCMP) and WPA2-enterprise (EAP-TTLS) >> (tested on 4306 and 4318 PCI device). If anybody was interested please >> try new firmware with encryption and

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Johannes Berg
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 16:09 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:45:22PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > > > Initvals and new firmware version can be found at > > > http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf > > > > I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can >

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread John W. Linville
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:45:22PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > Initvals and new firmware version can be found at > > http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf > > I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can > recognise it and automatically disable qos and hwcrypto. That's a goo

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Johannes Berg
> Initvals and new firmware version can be found at > http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can recognise it and automatically disable qos and hwcrypto. johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part _

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Michael Buesch
On Wednesday 14 January 2009 18:43:27 Larry Finger wrote: > Lorenzo Nava wrote: > > > Today we have also tested a new firmware version that works with > > WPA2-personal (both TKIP and CCMP) and WPA2-enterprise (EAP-TTLS) > > (tested on 4306 and 4318 PCI device). If anybody was interested please >

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Larry Finger
Lorenzo Nava wrote: > Today we have also tested a new firmware version that works with > WPA2-personal (both TKIP and CCMP) and WPA2-enterprise (EAP-TTLS) > (tested on 4306 and 4318 PCI device). If anybody was interested please > try new firmware with encryption and let us know if it works correct

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Lorenzo Nava
Great! Thank you very much for the help... qos=0 parameter was still needed, so it is correct. cheers Lorenzo Nava. On Jan 14, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Buran Ayuthia wrote: > My 4311 rev 01 card still works with the new initvals and firmware > using WPA2-personal (both TKIP and CCMP) and without en

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread John W. Linville
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 04:30:47PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: > Hello everybody, > > we completed the 1st version of initvals. They are available at > http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf > . Currently only binary version is available: don't worry, we will > publish source code as soon as possible

[b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Lorenzo Nava
Hello everybody, we completed the 1st version of initvals. They are available at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf . Currently only binary version is available: don't worry, we will publish source code as soon as possible!! This first version is a "test version": please try it and let us know

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-12 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 12, 2009, at 4:39 PM, John W. Linville wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:37:43PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: >> Hello everybody, >> >> today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device >> with >> Broadcom 4306 chipset: >> >> BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) >> PHY: Analog 2, Ty

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-12 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 12 January 2009 16:39:49 John W. Linville wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:37:43PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device with > > Broadcom 4306 chipset: > > > > BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) > > PHY: Anal

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-12 Thread John W. Linville
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:37:43PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: > Hello everybody, > > today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device with > Broadcom 4306 chipset: > > BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) > PHY: Analog 2, Type 2, Revision 2 > Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 >

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-10 Thread Lorenzo Nava
Hello everybody, today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device with Broadcom 4306 chipset: BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) PHY: Analog 2, Type 2, Revision 2 Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 I did some tests and everything seems to work fine. I remember, once again

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-12 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 01:20 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2008 00:22:39 Pavel Roskin wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 14:08 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > > > You can try the latest firmware from git, btw. It should be (partially) > > > fixed there. > > > > I've tried the

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-12 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 13 June 2008 00:22:39 Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 14:08 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > You can try the latest firmware from git, btw. It should be (partially) > > fixed there. > > I've tried the today's version. It's working in monitor mode. > Moreover, it scans in

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-12 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 14:08 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > You can try the latest firmware from git, btw. It should be (partially) fixed > there. I've tried the today's version. It's working in monitor mode. Moreover, it scans in managed mode! The only problem is that it fails to associate, ev

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-09 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 09 June 2008 11:36:13 Michael Buesch wrote: > On Monday 09 June 2008 05:03:46 Pavel Roskin wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:35 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > > > There shouldn't be a reason for a freeze. It might crash, yes, but it > > > always > > > prints out useful messages fi

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-09 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 09 June 2008 05:03:46 Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:35 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > There shouldn't be a reason for a freeze. It might crash, yes, but it always > > prints out useful messages first for me. > > I tried different miniPCI-toPCI bridges, hoping that i

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-08 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:35 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > There shouldn't be a reason for a freeze. It might crash, yes, but it always > prints out useful messages first for me. I tried different miniPCI-toPCI bridges, hoping that it's a hardware error, but the system freezes with all of them ex

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-05 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 05 June 2008 16:37:18 Felipe Maya wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# insmod b43.ko fwpostfix=-open > Segmentation fault > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# dmesg > Unhandled kernel unaligned access[#1]: Ah well. The alignment is not completely implemented, yet ;) Working on that... -- Greetings Mic

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-05 Thread Felipe Maya
ing compat-wireless-2.6, seems work well. Mensagem Original From: "Michael Buesch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pavel Roskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Qui, Junho 5, 2008 10:35 am Subject: Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode On Thursday 05 June 200

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-05 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 05 June 2008 04:46:28 Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 17:16 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > > Release early, release often. > > Here's the first testing release of the b43 opensource firmware. > > http://bu3sch.de/misc/b43-openfw-20080604.tar.bz2 &

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-04 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 17:16 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > Release early, release often. > Here's the first testing release of the b43 opensource firmware. > http://bu3sch.de/misc/b43-openfw-20080604.tar.bz2 > > Currently only the receive path is partially implemented. So that

b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-04 Thread Michael Buesch
Release early, release often. Here's the first testing release of the b43 opensource firmware. http://bu3sch.de/misc/b43-openfw-20080604.tar.bz2 Currently only the receive path is partially implemented. So that means we can only run it in monitor mode for now. This firmware is able to re