On Sunday 17 August 2008 23:33:48 Larry Finger wrote:
> Thomas Ilnseher wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I got an asus WL520GU (with LP PHY).
> > 
> > Unfortunately, even the specs on bcm-v4 are quite incomplete yet.
> > Is there any ETA when specs are complete, when prelimanry support is added
> > (offset to previous date, of course) ?
> > 
> > I'm trying to read the code of phy.c, but there are still some things that 
> > i don't understand.
> > I can't ask (non stupid) questions about that right now, cause i'm still 
> > reading.
> > 
> > How much time would it take me to get accomplished to this stuff ?
> > 
> > my experience:
> > a) C Programming (apps) ++
> > b) kernel programming 0 (simple patches only)
> > c) wlan stuff --
> > 
> > should i try to hak this stuff (once specs are there) or should i wait, 
> > cause you could do this in a couple of weeks ?
> 
> Of the nearly 70 individual routines that make up the LP PHY crore 
> routines, only 6 have not yet translated and/or entered into the 
> private area of the specifications. Before coding can start, we need 
> to finish the translations, write the private specs, and transform 
> them what is required for the public area. Those jobs should be done 
> in a couple of weeks.
> 
> I'm sure that Michael will be glad for any help he can get in the 
> coding, but you will need to coordinate with him.


Yeah. And I'd finally also like to get actual hardware with an LP PHY.
Does anybody have spare hardware or a pointer to a webshop to buy one?
PCI, PCI-Express, Cardbus and mini-PCI cards are the possible choices.
Cardbus would be preferred.

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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