From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 26 01:56:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 677EF106564A for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:56:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 216638FC16 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:56:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenq3 with SMTP id q3so39626yen.13 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:56:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; bh=Yen79+9ziO3z6U8Zi1P03RSF1uMaTM/RpT6hAioHIrs=; b=Y8Fb6Abm2xW8w5xyoy8gVIJ/ekkzk+ZZ5LGk3VsVO014u9JIwfujjiPwFIP2bw36Be D46+Xa1P8kkhmjCQOULYTkbdGmB2CpXrpCGbmzG6i2FUjDmpuykFkRXwJ5KlOvIAAgRk 3ekZF2P/x/eT/PvWn5D35O/eVLEUFyD4G6nSA= Received: by 10.236.201.201 with SMTP id b49mr148604yho.18.1327543010412; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:56:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from triad.knownspace (216-15-41-8.c3-0.gth-ubr1.lnh-gth.md.cable.rcn.com. [216.15.41.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm6436240ans.15.2012.01.25.17.56.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:56:49 -0800 (PST) Sender: Justin Hibbits Message-Id: <94FD5531-98B4-40A9-8599-676673F88560@freebsd.org> From: Justin Hibbits To: Aleksandr Rybalko In-Reply-To: <20120125164717.fa1d132a.ray@dlink.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:54:33 -0500 References: <81F29D74-1AA1-4DA8-81A1-951DDFB22F2B@freebsd.org> <20120125122139.b0745a11.ray@dlink.ua> <20120125164717.fa1d132a.ray@dlink.ua> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_wi patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:56:51 -0000 On Jan 25, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:42:29 -0500 > Justin Hibbits wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Aleksandr Rybalko >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:58:18 -0500 >>>> Justin Hibbits wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Can someone test this patch on x86? The patch is needed to work >>>>>> properly on big-endian architectures (tested on ppc with my >>>>>> if_wi macio attachment, to be committed after wider testing). >>>>>> Taken from the OpenBSD driver. >>>>>> >>>>>> - Justin >>>> >>>> Cool! >>>> >>>> Justin, any plans to make it support FW loading? Then I will able >>>> to bring up WiFi on my old Palm Tungsten C :) >>>> >>>> Anyway, thank you! >>>> >>>> WBW >>> >>> >>> I don't know anything about firmware loading, I'm just trying to get >>> my PowerBook on wifi :) > > Will explain a bit (hope nobody beat me) : > embedded devices like Palm TC and some Asus have if_wi, but w/o > firmware flash, so driver need to load FW before enable device. > > Do you have doc for it? because linux code with FW loading to much > inconsistent with my head :) Nope, sorry. I don't even know what I'm doing, really :) Adrian knows a lot more, he helped me with what I've done. You can look at firmware(4) for help with loading firmware, that's all I can say. - Justin