[RFC] b43-fwcutter: Add support for generating a fw for brcmsmac

[Michael Büsch]

On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:39:22 +0200
Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> wrote:

> The normal firmware for brcmsmac is available in the linux-firmware git
> repository, but this firmware does not work on a bcm4716 devices with a
> ieee80211 core rev 16. When using a firmware extracted from the
> proprietary Broadcom driver the device works with brcmsmac.
> 
> I tested a firmware version 666.2 extracted from the proprietary driver
> with brcmsmac on a BCM4716 and a BCM43224 and haven't seen any
> problems. The interface between the firmware and the driver changed
> some times, brcmsmac only support firmware version 598 and newer.
> 
> For some entries in the firmware used by brcmsmac, fwcutter has to be
> more extended, so we are adding dummy entires for them in
> brcmsmac_add_dummy_entries(). Currently these entries are not used by
> brcmsmac, but it is checked if they are in the archive.
> 
> I would still appreciate if Broadcom could release a firmware with
> support for the ieee80211 core found in the bcm4716.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>


I'm OK with it. Some other comments?

-- 
Greetings, Michael.

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