From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yw0-f177.google.com ([209.85.211.177]:41033 "EHLO mail-yw0-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932261AbZHCPGR (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:06:17 -0400 Received: by ywh7 with SMTP id 7so4050259ywh.21 for ; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:06:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1249204732.2007.49.camel@johannes.local> <1249205597.2007.50.camel@johannes.local> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:05:57 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890908030805l57399345w668ccd2cacbb8198@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Unsupported PHY on B43 To: Luis Correia Cc: Johannes Berg , Michael Buesch , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Luis Correia wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:33, Johannes Berg wrote: >> On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 10:26 +0100, Luis Correia wrote: >> >>> > This is an 11n phy. >>> >>> Great, an 11n device with only two antennas (they are usually three). >> >> Oh, it depends on the configuration -- maybe they used a cheaper device >> with fewer chains. > > yes, it even is a half-height minipci-express card, the first one I've > seen so far. 11n does not require three antennas. It really depends on the number of streams you have and the chain configuration. As a matter of fact you can use 11n with 1 stream and only use the lower MCS rates. >>> >> I'm available to test drivers, patches, git kernels, the whole lot. >>> > >>> > There's nothing available beyond what you have. >>> >>> Bummer, I guess I'll have to wait then. >> >> Don't hold your breath -- nobody's working on it. I also really want it >> working, but since nobody seems even interested in writing the driver, >> we've halted the reverse engineering effort. > > 11n is doomed on Linux :( No its not. Luis