Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:09:24 -0800 From: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> To: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call For Review: Sonics Silicon Backplane(SSB) driver Message-ID: <20091202190924.GB1479@weongyo> In-Reply-To: <19e9a5dc0911302104l512c3eabw10f4df998dd78241@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091130034110.GD5432@weongyo> <19e9a5dc0911292122kfce8abbp744ba940cc1c6818@mail.gmail.com> <20091201024619.GE5432@weongyo> <19e9a5dc0911302104l512c3eabw10f4df998dd78241@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 06:04:26AM +0100, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> 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 <weongyo.jeong@gmail.com> 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
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