Re: [PATCH] mwl8k: Add 0x2a02 PCI device-id (Marvell 88W8361)

[Sedat Dilek]

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Lennert Buytenhek
<buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 12:25:21AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>
>> > On 1st sight, logs look fine:
>> >
>> > [21:52:52] <lautriv> [ Â Â6.050967] ieee80211 phy0: 88w8361p v4,
>> > 00173f3bdde3, STA firmware 2.1.4.25
>> >
>> > But WLAN connection is not that fast and stable as lautriv reports
>> > (several abnormalities were observed).
>> >
>> > I requested a tarball which includes:
>> > * dmesg (Linux-3.3.3)
>> > * e_n_a (/etc/network/interfaces)
>> > * ifconfig output
>> > * iwconfig output
>> > * iw_phy output
>> > * ps_axu (WPA) output
>> >
>> > lautriv will be so kind to be around on #linux-wireless/Freenode the
>> > next days (UTC+2: German/Swiss local-time).
>> > Just ping him.
>> >
>> > Hope you have fun, together!
>> >
>> > - Sedat -
>>
>> A new tarball from lautriv with same outputs as before, but now tested
>> with Linux-3.4-rc4.

[ CC hauke (OpenWrt) and Ben Hutchings (linux-firmware maintainer) ]

> The output looks good enough for me to ACK adding the PCI ID.
>
> Can the firmware being used here be submitted to the linux-firmware
> git tree?

I can't say much about the firmware [1] inclusion or the procedure of
it into linux-firmware [2].
Maybe, Ben can explain the procedure and what has to be considered
before inclusion in linux-firmware.
The original firmware and helper images were extracted from a Netgear
Windows driver [1].

>From what I read in the OpenWrt forum posting [3]: You wanted to care
for inclusion:

"Firmware isn't included in the kernel tree anymore, there's the
linux-firmware git tree for that these days. I will contact some
people at Marvell to ask whether 8361P firmware can be included
there."

Some more concerns...
Dunno, if [4] is really correct and how to use one and same device-id
for 8363 ***and*** 8361P:
...
{ PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL, 0x2a02), .driver_data = MWL8363, },
...
Curious about a statement from hauke...

Adding the device-id in case of 8361P is not enough (see attached patch)

I am looking forward to having support for 8361P soon.

- Sedat -

P.S.: I have re-added Readme and patch as there are new CCs.

[1] ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wn311t_4_2_setup.exe
[2] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=summary
[3] https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=110039#p110039
[4] https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/21167
##### HOWTO: Extract the firmware for the mwl8k Linux WLAN driver #####

### HELP-1: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=103243#p103243
### HELP-2: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=110004#p110004
### THREAD: http://marc.info/?t=133551792600004&r=1&w=2

### Install some tools to inspect file containing firmware blob

sudo apt-get install cabextract unshield

### Working directory

mkdir mwl8k
cd mwl8k

### Download c-file (extract firmware) and Windows setup file (incl. firmware)

mkdir files
cd files
wget -O mrv8k_extract_fw.c 'http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=126540674419330&q=p3'
wget ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wn311t_4_2_setup.exe

### Extract firmware blob

mkdir .tmp ../firmware
cabextract -F Disk1/data*.* -d .tmp wn311t_4_2_setup.exe
unshield -g Driver -d .tmp x .tmp/Disk1/data1.cab
gcc -o mrv8k_extract_fw mrv8k_extract_fw.c
./mrv8k_extract_fw .tmp/Driver/netmw145.sys
mv *.fw ../firmware/
rm -r -f .tmp

### Check MD5SUM and rename firmware/helper image files for 8361P/8363

[ Known MD5SUMS for 8361P ]
48c79b085f7f5a590d3dbc15647e519f *fmimage_8XX0.fw
0fe11f415adbbd5e8ca03641705c4a6c *helper_8XX0.fw

cd ../firmware
md5sum -b *.fw
mv fmimage_8XX0.fw fmimage_8361p.fw
mv helper_8XX0.fw helper_8361p.fw
mv fmimage_8XX1.fw fmimage_8363.fw
mv helper_8XX1.fw helper_8363.fw


-dileks // 27-Apr-2012

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