From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 16 19:30:22 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E553210D; Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "raven.bwct.de", Issuer "BWCT" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 739FB77F; Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.cicely.de ([10.1.1.37]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id t2GJUJxf057120 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:30:20 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (cicely7.cicely.de [10.1.1.9]) by mail.cicely.de (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t2GJUFjN044151 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:30:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id t2GJUFEF055554; Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:30:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id t2GJUFCb055553; Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:30:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:30:15 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Ian Lepore Subject: Re: Recommended WiFi / Bluetooth modules for embedded ARM projects? Message-ID: <20150316193015.GC53586@cicely7.cicely.de> Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de References: <1426436462.67325.1.camel@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1426436462.67325.1.camel@freebsd.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely7.cicely.de 7.0-STABLE i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_00=-1.9, DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL=2.699, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on spamd.cicely.de Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:30:23 -0000 On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 10:21:02AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Sun, 2015-03-15 at 02:22 +0900, Brendan Sechter wrote: > > I am looking for thoughts, opinions and recommendations regarding WiFi / Bluetooth modules for embedded ARM FreeBSD projects. My requirements are 802.11ac / Bluetooth 4.0. The ideal module is low cost, works with minimal effort and also has a USB dongle approximation for early stage development. > > -Brendan > > Right now, USB is pretty much your only option for bluetooth and wifi on > freebsd-arm. All the other chips I've seen that aren't USB are SDIO, > and we have no SDIO infrastructure for talking to anything except an > sdcard. How much work would be needed for PCI support? My novena (iMX6) came with Atheros modules. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.