SDIO Marvel 8686 card

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 16:20 -0700, Shawn Rutledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 15:44 -0700, Shawn Rutledge wrote:
> >> I was googling a couple days ago to see whether there is any
> >> open-source SDIO wifi card.  I found this:
> >>
> >> http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2007/05/found-cheap-sdio-80211b-card.html
> >
> > The 8686 is actually an 802.11 b/g part.  I'd be quite surprised to see
> > that card advertised as an 802.11b-only part.  But anyway...  I've never
> > seen a consumer-level 8686 SDIO card.
> 
> OK that makes sense.
> 
> >
> >> and some other clue somewhere that there might be an open-source
> >> driver; and then found some on ebay:
> >>
> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370146807227
> >
> > Yeah, looking up the FCC ID shows it's a Marvell chip, but the image is
> > too fuzzy to figure out what actual part # and hardware revision it is.
> 
> On the front:
> FCC ID:PA4050449
> IC ID:1016B-050449

Ah; sorry, I meant the image submitted to the FCC.  I'm less convinced
that the thing is an 8385 now, since there's conflicting information out
there.  The picture here:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/Funkus/KodakCard.jpg

talks about the chip being an 88w8010, but the 8010 is the RF
transceiver only, and not the MAC itself.  There's got to be more to the
card...

> 001NYDA1546
> 001GZDA1260
> ETC094LPD0184
> 
> On the back:
> R-LARN-05-0103
> PN: 3F8508
> there is a MAC and some numbers underneath:
> 8810 5Z00 01
> 
> > In any case, 8385 SDIO should work with a little effort.  I'll try to
> > grab a few of these and fix up the driver.  More testing on your side
> > would be great too.
> 
> OK cool.

So if it really *is* an 88w8385 inside, then it's hopeful that it'll be
supported.  But if it's something before that, probably less likely,
depending on the firmware version it requires.

dan