Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-25 Thread Rafał Miłecki
2009/1/14 Lorenzo Nava navalor...@gmail.com: we completed the 1st version of initvals. They are available at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf . Currently only binary version is available: don't worry, we will publish source code as soon as possible!! This first version is a test version:

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-21 Thread Francesco Gringoli
Hello everyone, we just made available a new opensource firmware version, download at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf New features: - initvals source code added, initvals files are encoded by make process - firmware is now recognized as opensource, though still as version 351 (old format).

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-21 Thread Michael Buesch
On Wednesday 21 January 2009 18:29:40 Francesco Gringoli wrote: Hello everyone, we just made available a new opensource firmware version, download at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf New features: - initvals source code added, initvals files are encoded by make process - firmware is now

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-16 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 16 January 2009 00:01:41 Francesco Gringoli wrote: On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Larry Finger wrote: Michael Buesch wrote: Yes, please introduce a feature-bitfield at some location in SHM that's unused by the proprietary firmware. This bitfields would contain a bit for

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-16 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 16 January 2009 00:17:43 Kyle McMartin wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 05:09:49PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote: Already implemented here: http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20081227-1821/patches/008-b43-probe-open-fw.patch I just need to fix a leak in an error path before

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Lorenzo Nava
Pardon me, but those filenames are identical and contain no numbers. Did those get stripped off somewhere? I did a mistake. The correct name are b0g0bsinitvals5.fw and b0g0initvals5.fw for revision 5. Sorry Cheers Lorenzo ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread gavron
Lorenzo Nava wrote: Yes, you're right. Actually there are 2 ways to make firmware works: 1) Disable hw crypto with module parameter 2) Remove pcm5.fw from your /lib/firmware/b43 directory When I run the firmware I never include pcm5.fw file. The only initvals really necessary are

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Buesch
On Wednesday 14 January 2009 21:45:22 Johannes Berg wrote: Initvals and new firmware version can be found at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can recognise it and automatically disable qos and hwcrypto. Yes, please introduce a

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 15 January 2009 16:37:57 Michael Buesch wrote: On Wednesday 14 January 2009 21:45:22 Johannes Berg wrote: Initvals and new firmware version can be found at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can recognise it

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Larry Finger
Michael Buesch wrote: Yes, please introduce a feature-bitfield at some location in SHM that's unused by the proprietary firmware. This bitfields would contain a bit for QoS and a bit for hwcrypto. Also change your firmware so the driver detects it as open-source firmware. I think that's done

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 15 January 2009 16:59:11 Larry Finger wrote: Michael Buesch wrote: Yes, please introduce a feature-bitfield at some location in SHM that's unused by the proprietary firmware. This bitfields would contain a bit for QoS and a bit for hwcrypto. Also change your firmware so the

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-15 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:59 PM, Larry Finger wrote: Michael Buesch wrote: Yes, please introduce a feature-bitfield at some location in SHM that's unused by the proprietary firmware. This bitfields would contain a bit for QoS and a bit for hwcrypto. Also change your firmware so the driver

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread John W. Linville
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 04:30:47PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: Hello everybody, we completed the 1st version of initvals. They are available at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf . Currently only binary version is available: don't worry, we will publish source code as soon as possible!!

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Lorenzo Nava
Great! Thank you very much for the help... qos=0 parameter was still needed, so it is correct. cheers Lorenzo Nava. On Jan 14, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Buran Ayuthia wrote: My 4311 rev 01 card still works with the new initvals and firmware using WPA2-personal (both TKIP and CCMP) and without

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Larry Finger
Lorenzo Nava wrote: Today we have also tested a new firmware version that works with WPA2-personal (both TKIP and CCMP) and WPA2-enterprise (EAP-TTLS) (tested on 4306 and 4318 PCI device). If anybody was interested please try new firmware with encryption and let us know if it works correctly,

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Michael Buesch
On Wednesday 14 January 2009 18:43:27 Larry Finger wrote: Lorenzo Nava wrote: Today we have also tested a new firmware version that works with WPA2-personal (both TKIP and CCMP) and WPA2-enterprise (EAP-TTLS) (tested on 4306 and 4318 PCI device). If anybody was interested please try new

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Johannes Berg
Initvals and new firmware version can be found at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can recognise it and automatically disable qos and hwcrypto. johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread John W. Linville
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:45:22PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: Initvals and new firmware version can be found at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can recognise it and automatically disable qos and hwcrypto. That's a good idea.

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-14 Thread Johannes Berg
On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 16:09 -0500, John W. Linville wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:45:22PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: Initvals and new firmware version can be found at http://www.ing.unibs.it/openfwwf I suggest that before this is packaged, we change it so b43 can recognise

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-12 Thread John W. Linville
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:37:43PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: Hello everybody, today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device with Broadcom 4306 chipset: BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) PHY: Analog 2, Type 2, Revision 2 Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 I did

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-12 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 12 January 2009 16:39:49 John W. Linville wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:37:43PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: Hello everybody, today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device with Broadcom 4306 chipset: BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) PHY: Analog 2, Type 2,

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-12 Thread Francesco Gringoli
On Jan 12, 2009, at 4:39 PM, John W. Linville wrote: On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:37:43PM +0100, Lorenzo Nava wrote: Hello everybody, today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device with Broadcom 4306 chipset: BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) PHY: Analog 2, Type 2, Revision 2

Re: [b43] opensource firmware

2009-01-10 Thread Lorenzo Nava
Hello everybody, today I tried OpenFWWF with kernel 2.6.28 on a Siemens wifi device with Broadcom 4306 chipset: BCM94306 802.11g (rev 03) PHY: Analog 2, Type 2, Revision 2 Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 I did some tests and everything seems to work fine. I remember, once

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-12 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 14:08 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: You can try the latest firmware from git, btw. It should be (partially) fixed there. I've tried the today's version. It's working in monitor mode. Moreover, it scans in managed mode! The only problem is that it fails to associate,

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-12 Thread Michael Buesch
On Friday 13 June 2008 00:22:39 Pavel Roskin wrote: On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 14:08 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: You can try the latest firmware from git, btw. It should be (partially) fixed there. I've tried the today's version. It's working in monitor mode. Moreover, it scans in managed

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-12 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 01:20 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: On Friday 13 June 2008 00:22:39 Pavel Roskin wrote: On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 14:08 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: You can try the latest firmware from git, btw. It should be (partially) fixed there. I've tried the today's

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-09 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 09 June 2008 05:03:46 Pavel Roskin wrote: On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:35 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: There shouldn't be a reason for a freeze. It might crash, yes, but it always prints out useful messages first for me. I tried different miniPCI-toPCI bridges, hoping that it's a

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-09 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 09 June 2008 11:36:13 Michael Buesch wrote: On Monday 09 June 2008 05:03:46 Pavel Roskin wrote: On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 15:35 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: There shouldn't be a reason for a freeze. It might crash, yes, but it always prints out useful messages first for me.

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-05 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 05 June 2008 04:46:28 Pavel Roskin wrote: On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 17:16 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: Release early, release often. Here's the first testing release of the b43 opensource firmware. http://bu3sch.de/misc/b43-openfw-20080604.tar.bz2 Currently only the receive

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-05 Thread Michael Buesch
On Thursday 05 June 2008 16:37:18 Felipe Maya wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# insmod b43.ko fwpostfix=-open Segmentation fault [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# dmesg Unhandled kernel unaligned access[#1]: Ah well. The alignment is not completely implemented, yet ;) Working on that... -- Greetings

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-05 Thread Felipe Maya
] To: Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Qui, Junho 5, 2008 10:35 am Subject: Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode On Thursday 05 June 2008 04:46:28 Pavel Roskin wrote: On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 17:16 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: Release early, release often. Here's the first testing

Re: b43 opensource firmware for monitor mode

2008-06-04 Thread Pavel Roskin
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 17:16 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: Release early, release often. Here's the first testing release of the b43 opensource firmware. http://bu3sch.de/misc/b43-openfw-20080604.tar.bz2 Currently only the receive path is partially implemented. So that means we can only run