From sacadmin Thu Sep 17 18:28:22 2009 Received: from sac.sfbay.sun.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8I1SM8T011616; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:28:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from xc149992@localhost) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) id n8I1SLda011612; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:28:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:28:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Xiang-Dong Frank Che Message-Id: <200909180128.n8I1SLda011612@sac.sfbay.sun.com> To: PSARC-record@sac.sfbay.sun.com Subject: Marvell 88W8363 Wireless Network Device Driver [PSARC/2009/500 Self Review] Status: RO Content-Length: 582 Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems 1. Introduction 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: Marvell 88W8363 Wireless Network Device Driver 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: Author: Felix Feng 1.3 Date of This Document: 17 September, 2009 4. Technical Description See the case directory for more detail 6. Resources and Schedule 6.4. Steering Committee requested information 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: ON 6.5. ARC review type: Automatic 6.6. ARC Exposure: open From Frank.Che@Sun.COM Thu Sep 17 18:42:49 2009 Received: from sunmail5.uk.sun.com (sunmail5.UK.Sun.COM [129.156.85.165]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8I1gm5H011815 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:42:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (brm-avmta-1.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.4.11]) by sunmail5.uk.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n8I1glPT018129 for <@sunmail2sca.sfbay.sun.com:PSARC-ext@sun.com>; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:42:47 +0100 (BST) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0KQ5005018RB7S00@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@sun.com); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:42:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from sineb-mail-1.sun.com ([192.18.19.6]) by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0KQ5004P88R93H00@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@sun.com); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:42:46 -0600 (MDT) Received: from fe-apac-06.sun.com (fe-apac-06.sun.com [192.18.19.177] (may be forged)) by sineb-mail-1.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n8I1gjuD010186 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:42:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-apac.sun.com by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) id <0KQ500E0086FS600@mail-apac.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@sun.com); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:42:45 +0800 (SGT) Received: from [129.158.218.60] ([unknown] [129.158.218.60]) by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0KQ50049F8R8A380@mail-apac.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@sun.com); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:42:45 +0800 (SGT) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:38:30 +0800 From: Frank Che Subject: Marvell 88W8363 Wireless Network Device Driver (PSARC/2009/500 Self Review) Sender: Frank.Che@Sun.COM To: PSARC-ext@Sun.COM Cc: Felix Message-id: <4AB2E496.1000809@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090218) Status: RO Content-Length: 3247 I'm sponsoring this case for Felix Feng. It is to provide a new wireless driver, mwl(7D), for Marvell 88W8363 wireless devices. The requested release binding is patch/micro. I have marked it as "closed approved automatic" since the change is straightforward and the interface is clear. If there is request, I'd be happy to upgrade it to a fast track and set the timer. -Frank 1. Introduction 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: Marvell 88W8363 Wireless Network Device Driver 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: Author: Felix Feng 1.3 Date of This Document: 17 Sep, 2009 4. Technical Description This project is to support Marvell 88W8363 IEEE802.11a/b/g/n wireless devices through providing mwl(7D) driver, which is based on gldv3, mac_wifi plugin, and net80211 kernel module. The vendor ID and product ID of the chips supported by this driver include: pci11ab,2a02 pci11ab,2a03, pci11ab,2a04, pci11ab,2a08, pci11ab,2a0a pci11ab,2a0b, pci11ab,2a24 This driver supports Brussels, Suspend/Resume, and Fast Reboot. +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NAME | STABILITY LABEL | DESCRIPTION | +------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Interfaces Exported | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| | mwl | Committed | Driver name | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| | mwlfw | Committed | Firmware module name | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| | SUNWmwl | Committed | Package name | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Interfaces Imported | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Gldv3/Nemo | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2004/571 | | | | PSARC/2005/396 | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| | Mac_wifi plugin | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2006/406 | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| | net80211 kernel module | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2006/406 | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| | Brussels | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2007/429 | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| | Fast Reboot | Committed | PSARC/2008/382 | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| 6. Resources and Schedule 6.4. Steering Committee requested information 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: ON 6.4.4. Project Boundary Conditions: No SPARC version for this driver, since the net80211 kernel module exists on x86 platform only. 6.5. ARC review type: self-review 6.6. ARC Exposure: open From gdamore@sun.com Thu Sep 17 19:36:29 2009 Received: from newsunmail1brm.central.sun.com (newsunmail1brm.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.62.245]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8I2aT4K013072 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (nwk-avmta-2.SFBay.Sun.COM [129.145.155.6]) by newsunmail1brm.central.sun.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n8I2aSCA042390 for <@sunmail2sca.sfbay.sun.com:PSARC-ext@sun.com>; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:36:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com by nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0KQ500503B8TFD00@nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sca-es-mail-2.sun.com ([192.18.43.133]) by nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0KQ500C7JB8SGCD0@nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fe-sfbay-09.sun.com ([192.18.43.129]) by sca-es-mail-2.sun.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n8I2aSXi015762 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from conversion-daemon.fe-sfbay-09.sun.com by fe-sfbay-09.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) id <0KQ500G00B21RB00@fe-sfbay-09.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.251.11] ([unknown] [76.93.15.33]) by fe-sfbay-09.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0KQ5002MTB8RXNF0@fe-sfbay-09.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:27 -0700 From: "Garrett D'Amore" Subject: Re: Marvell 88W8363 Wireless Network Device Driver (PSARC/2009/500 Self Review) In-reply-to: <4AB2E496.1000809@sun.com> Sender: Garrett.Damore@sun.com To: Frank Che Cc: PSARC-ext@sun.com, Felix Message-id: <4AB2F22B.6060301@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704 References: <4AB2E496.1000809@sun.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081201) Status: RO Content-Length: 3528 Will this driver also be supporting WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal? -- Garrett Frank Che wrote: > I'm sponsoring this case for Felix Feng. It is to provide a new > wireless driver, mwl(7D), for Marvell 88W8363 wireless devices. > The requested release binding is patch/micro. > > I have marked it as "closed approved automatic" since the change is > straightforward and the interface is clear. If there is request, I'd be > happy to upgrade it to a fast track and set the timer. > > -Frank > > 1. Introduction > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > Marvell 88W8363 Wireless Network Device Driver > 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: > Author: Felix Feng > 1.3 Date of This Document: > 17 Sep, 2009 > > 4. Technical Description > > This project is to support Marvell 88W8363 IEEE802.11a/b/g/n > wireless devices through providing mwl(7D) driver, which is based on > gldv3, mac_wifi plugin, and net80211 kernel module. > > The vendor ID and product ID of the chips supported by this > driver include: > pci11ab,2a02 > pci11ab,2a03, > pci11ab,2a04, > pci11ab,2a08, > pci11ab,2a0a > pci11ab,2a0b, > pci11ab,2a24 > > This driver supports Brussels, Suspend/Resume, and Fast Reboot. > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | NAME | STABILITY LABEL | > DESCRIPTION | > +------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ > > | Interfaces > Exported | > |------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > | mwl | Committed | Driver > name | > |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| > > | mwlfw | Committed | Firmware module > name | > |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| > > | SUNWmwl | Committed | Package > name | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | Interfaces > Imported | > |------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > | Gldv3/Nemo | Consolidation Private | > PSARC/2004/571 | > | | | > PSARC/2005/396 | > |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| > > | Mac_wifi plugin | Consolidation Private | > PSARC/2006/406 | > |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| > > | net80211 kernel module | Consolidation Private | > PSARC/2006/406 | > |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| > > | Brussels | Consolidation Private | > PSARC/2007/429 | > |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| > > | Fast Reboot | Committed | > PSARC/2008/382 | > |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| > > > 6. Resources and Schedule > 6.4. Steering Committee requested information > 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: > ON > 6.4.4. Project Boundary Conditions: > No SPARC version for this driver, since the net80211 kernel module > exists on x86 platform only. > 6.5. ARC review type: self-review > 6.6. ARC Exposure: open > > From Fei.Feng@sun.com Thu Sep 17 19:44:39 2009 Received: from sunmail5.uk.sun.com (sunmail5.UK.Sun.COM [129.156.85.165]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n8I2ic5F013209 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:44:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (brm-avmta-1.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.4.11]) by sunmail5.uk.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id n8I2ibLQ022200 for <@sunmail2sca.sfbay.sun.com:PSARC-ext@sun.com>; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:44:37 +0100 (BST) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0KQ500C03BMD3R00@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:44:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: from sineb-mail-2.sun.com ([192.18.19.7]) by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0KQ50043PBMB3H50@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@sun.com (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:44:36 -0600 (MDT) Received: from fe-apac-05.sun.com (fe-apac-05.sun.com [192.18.19.176] (may be forged)) by sineb-mail-2.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n8I2iZCx011494 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:44:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-apac.sun.com by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) id <0KQ500400BI7GZ00@mail-apac.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:44:35 +0800 (SGT) Received: from [129.158.218.97] ([unknown] [129.158.218.97]) by mail-apac.sun.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.04 64bit (built Jul 2 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0KQ5002L7BM0Q8B0@mail-apac.sun.com> for PSARC-ext@Sun.COM (ORCPT PSARC-ext@Sun.COM); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:44:34 +0800 (SGT) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:46:48 +0800 From: Felix Feng Subject: Re: Marvell 88W8363 Wireless Network Device Driver (PSARC/2009/500 Self Review) In-reply-to: <4AB2F22B.6060301@sun.com> Sender: Fei.Feng@sun.com To: "Garrett D'Amore" Cc: Frank Che , PSARC-ext@sun.com Message-id: <4AB2F498.9020806@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.4.1.325704 References: <4AB2E496.1000809@sun.com> <4AB2F22B.6060301@sun.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090505) Status: RO Content-Length: 3710 Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Will this driver also be supporting WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal? Yes, this driver can support WEP/WPA/WPA2 encryption. > > -- Garrett > > Frank Che wrote: >> I'm sponsoring this case for Felix Feng. It is to provide a new >> wireless driver, mwl(7D), for Marvell 88W8363 wireless devices. >> The requested release binding is patch/micro. >> >> I have marked it as "closed approved automatic" since the change is >> straightforward and the interface is clear. If there is request, I'd be >> happy to upgrade it to a fast track and set the timer. >> >> -Frank >> >> 1. Introduction >> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: >> Marvell 88W8363 Wireless Network Device Driver >> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: >> Author: Felix Feng >> 1.3 Date of This Document: >> 17 Sep, 2009 >> >> 4. Technical Description >> >> This project is to support Marvell 88W8363 IEEE802.11a/b/g/n >> wireless devices through providing mwl(7D) driver, which is based on >> gldv3, mac_wifi plugin, and net80211 kernel module. >> >> The vendor ID and product ID of the chips supported by this >> driver include: >> pci11ab,2a02 >> pci11ab,2a03, >> pci11ab,2a04, >> pci11ab,2a08, >> pci11ab,2a0a >> pci11ab,2a0b, >> pci11ab,2a24 >> >> This driver supports Brussels, Suspend/Resume, and Fast Reboot. >> >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> | NAME | STABILITY LABEL | >> DESCRIPTION | >> +------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ >> >> | Interfaces >> Exported | >> |------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> | mwl | Committed | Driver >> name | >> |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| >> >> | mwlfw | Committed | Firmware module >> name | >> |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| >> >> | SUNWmwl | Committed | Package >> name | >> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> | Interfaces >> Imported | >> |------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> | Gldv3/Nemo | Consolidation Private | >> PSARC/2004/571 | >> | | | >> PSARC/2005/396 | >> |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| >> >> | Mac_wifi plugin | Consolidation Private | >> PSARC/2006/406 | >> |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| >> >> | net80211 kernel module | Consolidation Private | >> PSARC/2006/406 | >> |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| >> >> | Brussels | Consolidation Private | >> PSARC/2007/429 | >> |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| >> >> | Fast Reboot | Committed | >> PSARC/2008/382 | >> |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------| >> >> >> 6. Resources and Schedule >> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information >> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: >> ON >> 6.4.4. Project Boundary Conditions: >> No SPARC version for this driver, since the net80211 kernel module >> exists on x86 platform only. >> 6.5. ARC review type: self-review >> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open >> >> >