From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 2 19:09:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DFA0106566B for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:09:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weongyo.jeong@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f176.google.com (mail-qy0-f176.google.com [209.85.221.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB648FC15 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:09:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk6 with SMTP id 6so215702qyk.3 for ; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:09:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:date:to:cc :subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent:organization :x-operation-sytem; bh=7oVXs/vN8PPSoE0nPsEgjMnu4OwLJUvE6wPI/JmFLRw=; b=AExSZvmHGwPvoCUFxdF0LPUqApctFUNqC95TSB4nwB38xrytP8W7tVNLIpVoDeSDGT zsEZf3e+oDrKy0vTSOSfQ1RhzgfOfu4hBo4ZkUIeLuqHBSovBFwWoZxRPk1y3nIRCIrU /kr8tDPIPtmJLL6kdtcKPNx2XQ1vKyNphbfUc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent:organization :x-operation-sytem; b=Iw3E8/eOz/twT/paFTQw+G10b1nxrYoB8vvFatXlaterAMtC5U/W21FrOi6uQ+ZeqK Zjdnum0KKBExbtgPvj2Lq20VkvnXjMOYRSpAw8/9f9+COeGxj74+maA3G6lXU6l1Lrdh 2kBFRChun3nPUPzehL+NgS3+LbNgFshH6N/WA= Received: by 10.224.117.12 with SMTP id o12mr294620qaq.57.1259780968964; Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:09:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from weongyo ([174.35.1.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm3828613qwk.51.2009.12.02.11.09.26 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:09:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by weongyo (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:09:24 -0800 From: Weongyo Jeong Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:09:24 -0800 To: Gonzalo Nemmi Message-ID: <20091202190924.GB1479@weongyo> Mail-Followup-To: Gonzalo Nemmi , current@freebsd.org References: <20091130034110.GD5432@weongyo> <19e9a5dc0911292122kfce8abbp744ba940cc1c6818@mail.gmail.com> <20091201024619.GE5432@weongyo> <19e9a5dc0911302104l512c3eabw10f4df998dd78241@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <19e9a5dc0911302104l512c3eabw10f4df998dd78241@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: CDNetworks. X-Operation-Sytem: FreeBSD Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call For Review: Sonics Silicon Backplane(SSB) driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Weongyo Jeong List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:09:30 -0000 On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 06:04:26AM +0100, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Weongyo Jeong wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 06:22:42AM +0100, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:41 AM, Weongyo Jeong wrote: > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > I've written a Sonics Silicon Backplane driver which is widely used for > >> > Broadcom Wireless driver that bwi(4) can use this driver though it has > >> > its own routines in it. > >> > > >> > I don't have any knowledge to write a bus driver like this so I'm not > >> > sure my approach is correct. ?Please review! > >> > > >> > You can download a driver at: > >> > > >> > ? ? ? ?http://people.freebsd.org/~weongyo/ssb_20091129.tar.gz > >> > > >> > regards, > >> > Weongyo Jeong > >> > >> Hi there Weongyo! > >> Iīd like to know .. will it compile under 8.0-RELEASE or -STABLE? > > > > Yes it should be. > > Good to know ! > Iīll install FreeBSD 8.0 tomorrow and give your driver a go and as > soon as I have something, Iīll report back to you :) > > >> Should I try your module instead of bwi(4)? > > > > No. ?ssb driver is a kind of bus driver that it's not a wireless driver > > so can not use. ?But I'm working on new driver (aka bwn(4)) for > > replacing bwi(4) that it uses v4 firmware (latest firmware) and supports > > more H/Ws. ?It's almost done that it works to associate with AP and > > pings for RX/TX but not public yet. ?When it's available let you know > > for testing. :-) > > Thatīs even better than I expected because bwi(4) simply doesnīt > support my hardware! > > So what shoudl I do? > Load it alonside bwi(4)? > Just load it and see what I get on /var/log/messages and dmesg and report back? > > And since you are writing a new driver, can I help to make it work > with ACPI from the get go? Please wait until I'm ready. It'd not take long time. regards, Weongyo Jeong