Hi, On 06/13/2014 01:47 PM, [email protected] wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Hans de Goede <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 06/13/2014 12:15 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: >>> On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 09:53 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On 06/12/2014 11:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Hans de Goede <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> On 06/12/2014 03:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>>>> I added the ap6210.txt file. Now I get... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> root@linaro-developer:~# dmesg | grep brcm >>>>>>> [ 14.656712] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x1591a962 >>>>>>> [ 15.123388] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = >>>>>>> wl0: Apr 22 2013 14:50:00 version 5.90.195.89.6 FWID 01-b30a427d >>>>>>> [ 15.208407] brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23 >>>>>>> [ 15.259285] brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23 >>>>>>> [ 15.290611] brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23 >>>>>>> [ 15.330720] brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23 >>>>>>> [ 15.345610] brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23 >>>>>>> [ 15.396557] brcmfmac: brcmf_fil_cmd_data: Failed err=-23 >>>>>>> [ 15.440398] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac >>>>>> >>>>>> Those are "normal" this is the brcmfmac driver trying to enable some >>>>>> features which are not supported on this model wifi chip. >>>>> >>>>> How is nvram_ap6210.txt, which I renamed to brcmfmac43362-sdio.txt, >>>>> going to get distributed? Was that the right file? >>>> >>>> Yes it is the right file. >>>> >>>> As for how this is going to get distributed, the nvram files are board >>>> specific, >>> >>> OOI, are they likely to end up completely unique per board or do we >>> expect that actually there will be a small(ish) number of distinct >>> configurations each used on a set of boards? > > Why are they called NVRAM? NVRAM usually means non-volatile RAM. > Maybe they don't have to be loaded every time?
Because (AFAIK) with usb versions of the same chip this info is really stored in some non volatile storage. However since sdio devices are soldered onto a board, manufacturers can save a few cents by not having any non volatile storage and instead embedding the info in the operating system info. Regards, Hans -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
