On Saturday 27 January 2007 00:25, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 10:03:03PM +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> 
> > It _is_ standardized.
> > bcm43xx-softmac only supports v3, bcm43xx-d80211 only supports v4.
> > So if you want to use both drivers in parallel, use fwpostfix modparam
> > and install both firmware with different postfix (I use .v3 and .v4 
> > postfix).
> 
> But while you use .v3, most people use the softmac driver without a 
> postfix at all.

I'm sorry. That's not our problem. ;)
That's either a distro or user problem.

> So it's not really standardised :) It's not especially  

It is.

> important, so I'm not going to get into any sort of extended argument or 
> anything - but it's something that would make the driver switchover 
> easier for distributions to handle.

I don't think this is easier than module parameters.

> Adding a suggestion to the docs that  

Which docs? ;)

> people use v4 as the postfix for dscape would probably be adequate, I 
> just want to avoid the situation where different distributions use 
> different postfixes and everyone gets confused.

http://bu3sch.de/bcm43xx_fw.php

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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