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Date:      Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:47:17 +0200
From:      Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@dlink.ua>
To:        Justin Hibbits <jhibbits@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: if_wi patch
Message-ID:  <20120125164717.fa1d132a.ray@dlink.ua>
In-Reply-To: <CAHSQbTCR45oV9qyiOhQGWqerPCovawaqzcFuSHbOTi1Fk3qZrQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <81F29D74-1AA1-4DA8-81A1-951DDFB22F2B@freebsd.org> <20120125122139.b0745a11.ray@dlink.ua> <CAHSQbTCR45oV9qyiOhQGWqerPCovawaqzcFuSHbOTi1Fk3qZrQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:42:29 -0500
Justin Hibbits <jhibbits@freebsd.org> wrote:

>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@dlink.ua>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:58:18 -0500
>> > Justin Hibbits <jhibbits@freebsd.org> 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 :)

>> 
>> - Justin
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Рыбалко Александр
Консультант D-Link Украина



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