--------------------------------------------- Date: Tuesday Sept 14 2010 Firmware version: 9.0.7.p4 (md5sum 151941e5a56928f811e173be5493513e) Driver branch: git://dev.laptop.org/users/javier/wireless-testing.git workspace (commit e45d8094bfc6b107650ee933e53e73804d528332) --------------------------------------------- RELEASE NOTES -- SDIO8686 THIN FIRMWARE - This release adds Mesh + STA virtual interfaces. To demonstrate, using two XO-1.5s: 1. Install new kernel and drivers 2. Copy firmware to /lib/firmware/sd8686tf.bin 3. Reboot XOs 4. Using iw and ifconfig commands create a mesh (adjust parameters as desired): # iw phy phy0 interface add mesh0 type mesh mesh_id XOmesh # iw phy phy0 set channel 6 # ifconfig mesh0 up 192.168.78.63 # ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:50:43:28:26:47 # ifconfig wlan0 up 192.168.77.63 # iwconfig wlan0 essid "testap" 5. Now you should be able to ping out and in through both network interfaces. Steve deRosier, Javier Cardona, (c) Marvell Semiconductors Inc. 2010 --------------------------------------------- Date: Monday Aug 30 2010 Firmware version: 9.0.7.p3 (md5sum 59d22a1d9ba503c2cceab4cc76a556b6) Driver branch: git://dev.laptop.org/users/javier/wireless-testing.git workspace (commit e5df42069d258ffae5d8480eb0c155f0179bea98) --------------------------------------------- RELEASE NOTES -- SDIO8686 THIN FIRMWARE - This release fixes issues with mesh networking. To demonstrate, using two XO-1.5s: 1. Install new kernel and drivers 2. Copy firmware to /lib/firmware/sd8686tf.bin 3. Reboot XOs 4. Using iw and ifconfig commands create a mesh (adjust IP as desired): # iw dev wlan0 interface add mesh0 type mesh mesh_id XOmesh # iwconfig mesh0 channel 6 # ifconfig mesh0 $IP # ifconfig mesh0 up 5. Ping one machine from the other: # ping $IP2 6. Inspect mpath and station information: # iw dev mesh0 station dump # iw dev mesh0 mpath dump Steve deRosier, Javier Cardona, (c) Marvell Semiconductors Inc. 2010 --------------------------------------------- Date: Fri July 2 2010 Firmware version: 9.0.7.p2 (md5sum 00f8eef35cbb37046be04430d8d2340e) Driver branch: git://dev.laptop.org/users/javier/wireless-testing.git workspace (commit 02e4ef28c3a34b772b847dff905d10ac1e6d21a8) --------------------------------------------- RELEASE NOTES -- SDIO8686 THIN FIRMWARE - This release adds support for AP mode and beaconing. Also mesh and software WPA have been tested. To demonstrate: 1. Install new kernel and drivers 2. Copy firmware to /lib/firmware/sd8686tf.bin 3. Reboot XO 4. Fetch and use hostapd as per http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_as_AP Note that the tested version of hostapd is commit: 41e650ae5c90a83a0c22989d43527901347dacc0 Steve deRosier, Javier Cardona, (c) Marvell Semiconductors Inc. 2010 --------------------------------------------- Date: Fri June 11 2010 Firmware version: 9.0.7.p1 (md5sum f3663bd1bba5df8a0adb8616f900758b) Driver branch: git://dev.laptop.org/users/javier/wireless-testing.git workspace (commit 5a423f86aa26bc518af03675eab1a569dfaf7a9e) --------------------------------------------- RELEASE NOTES -- SDIO8686 THIN FIRMWARE - First development release. Supports basic STA mode. To demonstrate: 1. Install new kernel and drivers 2. Copy firmware to /lib/firmware/sd8686tf.bin 3. Reboot XO 4. Do the following commands. Subsitute channel, bssid, and ip address as needed. [root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan1 channel 1 [root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan1 essid testfoo [root@localhost ~]# ifconfig wlan1 up [root@localhost ~]# ifconfig wlan1 192.168.20.10 [root@localhost ~]# ping 192.168.20.1 Notes ----- - This is an alpha release. Use at your own risk. Steve deRosier, Javier Cardona, (c) Marvell Semiconductors Inc. 2010