NS9750 Broadcom Update – NET+OS 6.3
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Title
Intermittent association
problems
Case: 1250390
Date Fixed:
Description
Unit could experience
problems associating with AP after connection is lost.
Solution
Now we synchronize the state machine between the Broadcom driver and WPA when unit re-associates with AP.
Title
Error in parameter size
Case: 20308
Date Fixed: 01/11/07
Description
Fixed : params->ssid_len
<= WLN_SSID_SIZE
Solution
Install this patch.
Title
No retry after authentication timeout
Case: Internal
Date Fixed: 11/17/06
Description
After timing out the driver
would not try to reauthenticate.
Solution
Added logic to retry after
timeout.
Title
New features added
Case: Internal
Date fixed: 11/16/06
Description
Added WLN_AUTH_WPA2_PSK and
WLN_AUTH_WPA2_8021X for WPA2; increased stack size (4X) for the wireless
driver.
Solution
Install this patch
Title
Support for CISCO aironet
1200 wireless access point added
Case: Internal
Date Fixed: 11/06/06
Description
Npttypes.h
changed to resolve conflict with fwtypes.h, to be able to compile updated WPA
code and Broadcom driver. Problems using WPA over 802.11x on Broadcom card
resolved. Changes in Broadcom driver to
improve interrupt latency.
Solution
Install this patch.
Title
Driver won’t associate if Access Point is not preset at
power up
Case: Internal
Date Fixed: 11/01/06
Description
Driver changed to keep trying
to associate with
as access point if the AP is not present at the power up.
Solution
Install this patch
Title
New callback added
Case: Internal
Date fixed: 10/18/06
Description
Added a callback function for
lost access point notification.
Solution
Install this patch
Title
WPA over 802.11x on Broadcom card
not working properly
Case: 19322
Date Fixed: 09/22/06
Description
Npttypes.h
changed to resolve conflict with fwtypes.h, to be able to compile updated WPA
code and Broadcom driver. Problems using WPA over 802.11x on Broadcom card
resolved. Changes in Broadcom driver to
improve interrupt latency.
Solution
Install this patch.
Title
Increased NS9750 stack size for timer thread
Case: Internal
Date Fixed: 06/16/06
Description
Increased the stack size (for
NS9750 only) for system timer thread because Broadcom's
driver has many timers using this stack.
Solution
Increase the size
THREADX_MEM_SIZE to be 8k in customize.lx for GHS. GNU's customize.ldr
already has 8k.
TitleBroadcom/Wireless driver will only work on PCI INTC Case: 16516
Date Fixed: 07/29/05
Description
The Broadcom Wireless driver
will only work on PCI interrupt INTC.
Most
deployments need this as a
parameter.
Solution
The interrupt can be changed by modifying the pci.c platform file in the9750 platform directory.
Title
Non-volatile
memory configuration corruption when the Broadcom wireless driver is enabled
Case: 16515
Date Fixed: 07/11/05
Description
The non-volatile memory
configuration gets corrupted when an operator selects the "Reset the
Configuration settings to default" using a 9750
with the Broadcom wireless
driver enabled (BSP_WANT_WIRELESS option set to TRUE).
Solution
Corrected header file use of the sizeof macro when defining BSP_WANT_WIRELESS.
Files: netos\h\Npttypes.h
netos\h\wln_api.h
netos\lib\arm9\32b\ghs\libwpa.a
netos\lib\arm9\32b\gnu\libwpa.a
netos\lib\arm9\32b\ghs\libbroadcom.a
netos\lib\arm9\32b\gnu\libbroadcom.a
netos\lib\arm9\32b\ghs\tx.a
netos\lib\arm9\32b\gnu\libtx.a
netos\src\bsp\platforms\ns9750_a\aceCallbacks.c
netos\src\bsp\platforms\
ns9750_a\customize.lx
netos\src\bsp\platforms\ ns9750_a\dialog.c
netos\src\bsp\platforms\ ns9750_a\pci.c
Special Instructions
Patch Link: 9750BroadcomUpdate_63
Dependencies
This patch also requires the installation of the following patch(es):