wl18xx: add firmware for WiLink8 WLAN chips
authorLuciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:49:21 +0000 (15:49 +0300)
committerLuciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:58:41 +0000 (18:58 +0300)
This new firmware is used with the new wl18xx driver that has been
recently added in the Linux kernel.  It will be part of Linux v3.6.

This new firmware's version is 8.2.0.0.100.

Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
WHENCE
ti-connectivity/wl18xx-fw.bin [new file with mode: 0644]

diff --git a/WHENCE b/WHENCE
index ed39b1d..fb6030c 100644 (file)
--- a/WHENCE
+++ b/WHENCE
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.tda7706-firmware.txt for details.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Driver: wl12xx - Texas Instruments 802.11 wireless LAN driver
+Driver: wl12xx - Texas Instruments 802.11 WLAN driver for WiLink6/7 chips
 
 File: ti-connectivity/wl1271-fw.bin
 Version: 6.1.0.50.350 (STA-only)
@@ -1664,7 +1664,6 @@ File: ti-connectivity/wl128x-nvs.bin
 sl:   ti-connectivity/wl12xx-nvs.bin -> wl127x-nvs.bin
 sl:   ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin -> wl127x-nvs.bin
 
-
 Licence: See LICENCE.ti-connectivity for details.
 
 The NVS file includes two parts:
@@ -1688,6 +1687,20 @@ the firmwares for wl12xx chips must be located in
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Driver: wl18xx - Texas Instruments 802.11 WLAN driver for WiLink8 chips
+
+File: ti-connectivity/wl18xx-fw.bin
+Version: 8.2.0.0.100
+
+Licence: See LICENCE.ti-connectivity for details.
+
+The driver expects to find the firmwares under a ti-connectivity
+subdirectory.  So if your system looks for firmwares in /lib/firmware,
+the firmwares for wl18xx chips must be located in
+/lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Driver: TI_ST - Texas Instruments bluetooth driver
 
 File: ti-connectivity/TIInit_7.2.31.bts
diff --git a/ti-connectivity/wl18xx-fw.bin b/ti-connectivity/wl18xx-fw.bin
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..ac1e24e
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