James MacKenzie wrote:
Can someone please explain the difference between the wireless-2.6-git
and the wireless-dev-git repositories?
As far as I understand the dev one is where the current development is
being done, but why would I want to use wireless-2.6-git instead of just
going with 2.6.17.1, for example? What is the difference there?
Hopefully someone will shed some light on this.
Both are used for current development. The repository at wireless-2.6-git is for the version of
bcm43xx that uses the softmac stack. In wireless-dev-git, one finds the version of bcm43xx that uses
the d80211 stack - derived from the devicescape stack. Saying which is better is like asking "Which
religion is better?". One size does not fit all. The d80211 stack is said to handle WPA encryption
better; however, I do WPA using softmac. Of course, my name is on softmac's list of authors and I
have a vested interest. Note that d80211 is not yet in the distributed kernel, but softmac is in 2.6.17.
The git repositories contain the latest versions of the code. At the moment, both contain code that
will not appear in the stable series (like 2.6.17.1) until 2.6.18 is out in 2 months, or so. You
also get the advantage of having git do the patching for you. The downsides are that the initial
download is nearly 3 times larger (roughly 110 MB) than the bz2 version of the stable kernel (39
MB), and you have to install git.
I hope this helps you.
Larry
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