On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:37:51 -0500
Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I think we have a plan for the future of bcm43xx-softmac once the
> bcm43xx-mac80211 version goes into mainline. Unfortunately it cannot just
> be abandoned as there will be no support for 802.11b-only devices in
> bcm43xx-mac80211.
> 
> The steps to be done are as follows:
> 
> 1. Change the namespace from bcm43xx to bcm4301. This will both reflect
> the purpose of the changed driver as well as prevent namespace collisions
> with the bcm43xx-mac80211 version in case both are built into the kernel.

I'm quite sure you know, bcm4301 isn't the only 802.11b-only device.
There's bcm4303 too. Anyway, naming the driver bcm4301 sounds reasonable to
me.

> Please comment on this plan.

ACK.


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Ciao
Stefano
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