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

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-24 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 23, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > 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. Than

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-24 Thread Larry Finger
Francesco Gringoli wrote: > > could you please be so kind to try the opensource firmware on that > 4311/2 card by renaming it ucode13 and report what happens? I suggest to > try monitor mode without associating first. I had already tried it in managed mode. The logged data are Jan 23 13:37:09 la

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-25 Thread Michael Buesch
On Sunday 25 January 2009 04:45:20 Larry Finger wrote: > Francesco Gringoli wrote: > > > > could you please be so kind to try the opensource firmware on that > > 4311/2 card by renaming it ucode13 and report what happens? I suggest to > > try monitor mode without associating first. > > I had alre

Re: integration of opensource firmware with b43 kernel driver

2009-01-25 Thread Michael Buesch
On Sunday 25 January 2009 13:19:45 Michael Buesch wrote: > On Sunday 25 January 2009 04:45:20 Larry Finger wrote: > > Francesco Gringoli wrote: > > > > > > could you please be so kind to try the opensource firmware on that > > > 4311/2 card by renaming it ucode13 and report what happens? I suggest