Wifi

matt_hsu matt_hsu at openmoko.org
Tue Aug 19 19:17:37 CEST 2008


So"ren Apel wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 19:59 +0800, matt_hsu wrote:
>   
>> The original design is, it can be turned-off by configuring CHIP_PWD pin 
>> as LOW.
>> Somehow, it doesn't work at all since firmware's issue.
>>     
>
> Am I understanding correctly that switching CHIP_PWD to high/low was
> supposed to turn the Ar6k on and off?
>   
Yes.
> If so, does the brokenness of CHIP_PWD mean that the Ar6k needs a
> firmware update to make this work?
>   
Yes.
> And if that again is correct, is there a way to get this new firmware
> deployed in the field?
>   
I'm not sure of this. :(
Just be curious, why you need to turn off Ar6k completely?

Matt
>   
>> Basically, you can't turn off the Ar6k entirely once you trigger the 
>> CHIP_PWD ping.
>> The alternative way is to use wmiconfig to let Ar6k get into suspend mode.
>>     
>
> What does this mean exactly? "can't turn off [...] once you trigger the
> CHIP_PWD ping"?
>
> And I do hope that suspend mode is not the final "solution" for this
> matter...
>
> Regards,
>  -Soeren
>
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