Re: free usb8388.bin

2008-02-14 Thread Richard Smith
> Then it seems that something shuts off the wireless chip. > Random guesses are that the driver and/or NetworkManager > asks the EC to cut the power. You can't cut power to the WLAN while running the CPU or you lose +3.3 and your system crashes. The driver does however tell the EC to reset th

Re: free usb8388.bin

2008-02-14 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:24 AM, C. Scott Ananian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW, what is killing my blinkenlight? I realize that it wouldn't do > > to hang the boot forever because of some missing firmware featu

Re: free usb8388.bin

2008-02-14 Thread C. Scott Ananian
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > doesn't work. Heck, it won't send/receive packets and it knows nothing > of this "USB" thing. However, we have a blinkenlight. Ship it! > > BTW, what is killing my blinkenlight? I realize that it wouldn't do > to hang

free usb8388.bin

2008-02-14 Thread Albert Cahalan
We have free firmware now: git clone git://dev.laptop.org/users/albert/usb8388 I admit that it has some... bugs. The mesh doesn't work. Power management doesn't work. Heck, it won't send/receive packets and it knows nothing of this "USB" thing. However, we have a blinkenlight. Ship it! BTW, what