Johannes Berg wrote: > On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 21:11 -0500, Joseph Jezak wrote: > >>> v4 firmware only > >> Note that this means we should drop support for bcm4301 and bcm4303 >> devices (which have been reported working in the past) since the >> firmware is incompatible with those models. Is that okay? > > Hmm, good point. Since those are the B-only devices, maybe make a second > driver bcm43xxb with all the G PHY code ripped out?
If I remember correctly (not likely according to my wife), one of the conditions for acceptance of d80211 into the kernel was its ability to coexist with softmac. Does that mean the bcm43xx-softmac will stay in the kernel even after bcm43xx-d80211 goes mainstream? If that is the case, then it won't hurt that 4301 and 4303 won't be supported under d80211. Of course, the maintainer of the softmac version will have to keep up with changes in the d80211 version, but that is essentially the case now. If the softmac version goes out of mainstream, then the maintenance problem is greatly magnified. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
