From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thu Nov 17 21:48:23 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 626ABC46E24 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:48:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x236.google.com (mail-it0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C03A10D5 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:48:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x236.google.com with SMTP id c20so397752itb.0 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:48:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lw1Y1xh/euCXmjQkW1RMD0BsY+m/PuhRehBb/u6ph9w=; b=OrSRYITunqHY9URhsovolpFjsIsv/et2lAfCWYYRwhrXMZX/WmKF4+4FFiBa8APu2p KbtGC6vgxdKgd8xsEBur8QBcUdvDAzWlOaJcndrERYX7k16wSpK9BRrjyrY9AKuWNdjw 5jHbPX5gUCRt51R4+BUR6/Bs46VWVoRt8uepkn/AXdjh196eniTmPTYBjW6LddzwSkgj AKw7gabQ3elpC1wvXFHSeOZPF5N3FyZc/nVKV6tYEm+kMw7lyrsLu3yuS/K/Tr+DFa3f Tni3NxWwk153A4weQ6I3sVkqYey7b+Uokv3ioVQqu50WWaOwiuqxX1L1ja2UbblLoChH ZWnw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lw1Y1xh/euCXmjQkW1RMD0BsY+m/PuhRehBb/u6ph9w=; b=GPp/2BRoZu8Ty8w1/Qqidwdp0+tHNhN/iH+bgL1X5cmNPhKejYf9uDvX4Wlm3SZlcx OT9Bst77h8QRURcUpyYQ700JipbxTAvyUBT3wyp68N7VVb0S3GkKaSQ2qlzVbI3AtvY3 SXHgXplsEpdxPG9q7kwh/TCkCH+PxOhYqsOa6NT7nL9Jcl2qx5nsZ+bKWRLKkJQg3lUY cuyK3LkHRyBUL2yYcXbvXcnJWwuNhFxpxq1hArIzag1HF3Lolfo/t9KVX46N4NUWGsHN e/Yz8cSJIfvEjCOOmpPgj/goiAuzDTLMRe7BDrHbT0zorKfx9cv+bB4R28jGtF5vLib7 NOFw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC01M0EkRmNCwbWSDvtwbHqqcQBSVaMAKhHLWUeFX/ROr8Fg9QToB8ow40hsyzYbdGUNXCt+GEVxhrAsHBQ== X-Received: by 10.107.136.86 with SMTP id k83mr5196351iod.99.1479419302666; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:48:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.36.39.134 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:48:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <904713913.2750637.1479415362205@mail.yahoo.com> References: <904713913.2750637.1479415362205.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <904713913.2750637.1479415362205@mail.yahoo.com> From: Adrian Chadd Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:48:21 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup To: paradox Cc: Felix Friedlander , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:48:23 -0000 Heh, well, I can't use it for porting anything to freebsd. broadcom aren't interested in open sourcing their reference driver. The only open source we get from broadcom is brcmfmac/brcmsmac, which broadcom manage. It's missing older chips (eg PHY-LP, PHY-G) and the PHY-AC softmac port (BCM4360.) -adrian On 17 November 2016 at 12:42, paradox via freebsd-wireless wrote: > if Anrian already have access to source code of broadcom, its great ! i d= on't known about it > > about of licensing, the sourcecode can be porting to freebsd but not incl= uding to kernel, seems many people tobe enougth this > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 11/17/16, Felix Friedlander wrote: > > Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup > To: "paradox" > Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016, 10:32 PM > > > > On 18 Nov. 2016, at 05:36, paradox via freebsd-wireless > > wrote: > > > > seems all BCM WIFI PHY & MAC sourcecode of > ABG/N/LP/NT/SSN > > hope your can build it or take part for independ module > > > MAC > > https://github.com/elenril/VMG1312-B/tree/master/bcmdrivers/broadcom/n= et/wl/impl10/wl/sys > > PHY > > https://github.com/elenril/VMG1312-B/tree/master/bcmdrivers/broadcom/n= et/wl/impl10/wl/phy > > There=E2=80=99s a difference between finding the code, and having > a licence to use it=E2=80=A6 If I=E2=80=99m not mistaken Adrian already > has access to the proprietary Broadcom driver through his > work, it=E2=80=99s more of a licensing issue. > > Still a nice find though, with this and the Cypress > datasheets some things may become a bit easier. > > -- > Felix Friedlander > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"