linux-kernel - Re: Broadcom 43340 module on iMX6DL

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Message-ID: <20150427032703.GB26374@shlinux1.ap.freescale.net>
Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:27:04 +0800
From:	Dong Aisheng <b29396@...escale.com>
To:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
CC:	John Tobias <john.tobias.ph@...il.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	"<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
	Aisheng Dong <Aisheng.Dong@...escale.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>,
	Ritter Yeh <ryeh@...adcom.com>,
	Ecco Park <eccopark@...adcom.com>,
	"Dmitry Shmidt" <dimitrysh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: Broadcom 43340 module on iMX6DL

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 09:03:04PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 04/24/15 20:24, John Tobias wrote:
> >Hi Arend,
> >
> >Apologize for the confusion. I am asking the repo for the device
> >driver for 43340. Looking at the link you sent, it's more userspace
> >support and didn't see the device driver there...
> 
> crap. you are right. it is userspace and firmware. You need a kernel
> repo. There are some on the site I referred to, but you may need to
> contact Freescale whether they provide it publicly like on github or
> so.
> 

Freescale does not provide Broadcom driver currently.
It might provide it for MX7D release in the future due to MX7D SDB board
integrated a Broadcom WiFi chip.
But it depends on whether the SLA signed with Broadcom can be ready
before the release.

Regards
Dong Aisheng

> Regards,
> Arend
> 
> >Regards,
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Arend van Spriel<arend@...adcom.com>  wrote:
> >>On 04/24/15 19:49, John Tobias wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Hi Arend,
> >>>
> >>>I am not pretty sure if the brcm43340 driver for android is the latest
> >>>one.  May I know repo?.
> >>
> >>
> >>Not sure what you are asking. I gave the url. Did you try using the
> >>brcmfmac4334-sdio.bin firmware file. I would like to know if that one works
> >>for your device.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Arend
> >>
> >>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:20 AM, Arend van Spriel<arend@...adcom.com>
> >>>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>On 04/24/15 03:04, John Tobias wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Btw, where I could get a copy of the latest driver?.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>The open-source bcmdhd is in AOSP [1]. I would stick to the android
> >>>>release
> >>>>branch you are running on your device.
> >>>>
> >>>>Regards,
> >>>>Arend
> >>>>
> >>>>[1] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/broadcom/wlan/
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>John
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 5:59 PM, John Tobias<john.tobias.ph@...il.com>
> >>>>>wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi John,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Is it possible to have a copy of the firmware for 43340?.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Regards,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>John
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 5:57 PM, John Stultz<john.stultz@...aro.org>
> >>>>>>wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Arend van Spriel<arend@...adcom.com>
> >>>>>>>wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>By the name of the file I suspected you did. Personally, I verified
> >>>>>>>>the
> >>>>>>>>firmware works on 43341. John Stultz tested both 43340 and 43341 with
> >>>>>>>>this
> >>>>>>>>firmware.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Minor correction here, I only tested on 43341 hardware. The confusion
> >>>>>>>might be that the firmware I originally had access to claimed it was
> >>>>>>>43340.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>thanks
> >>>>>>>-john
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> 
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