From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 15 16:21:31 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F40BC88; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (aso-006-i399.relay.mailchannels.net [143.95.81.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A17AC65C; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:21:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie Received: from smtp3.ore.mailhop.org (ip-10-33-12-218.us-west-2.compute.internal [10.33.12.218]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 8A3A0A0A38; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:21:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie Received: from smtp3.ore.mailhop.org (smtp3.ore.mailhop.org [10.83.15.107]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.4.8); Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:21:12 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: duocircle X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1426436472288:2118391325 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1426436472288 Received: from c-73-34-117-227.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([73.34.117.227] helo=ilsoft.org) by smtp3.ore.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1YXBHn-0004lf-BF; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:21:07 +0000 Received: from revolution.hippie.lan (revolution.hippie.lan [172.22.42.240]) by ilsoft.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t2FGL2nL021168; Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:21:02 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) X-Mail-Handler: DuoCircle Outbound SMTP X-Originating-IP: 73.34.117.227 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@duocircle.com (see https://support.duocircle.com/support/solutions/articles/5000540958-duocircle-standard-smtp-abuse-information for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX19QpwYU3Q5jLiDekBNraBSI Message-ID: <1426436462.67325.1.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recommended WiFi / Bluetooth modules for embedded ARM projects? From: Ian Lepore To: Brendan Sechter Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:21:02 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.10 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AuthUser: hippie 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: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:21:31 -0000 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. -- Ian