On Thursday 22 March 2007 21:27, John W. Linville wrote: > Is converting the softmac driver to mac80211 (as bcm43xx-old or > somesuch) really a bigger job than trying to maintain out-of-tree > code for both the driver and the softmac component from now on?
Sure, it can be done. But it introduces bugs and it has to be done. ;) I don't stop someone from doing it, though. > You are also imposing upon distros a choice between shipping > out-of-kernel drivers or just not supporting certain hardware. > Both choices suck -- I can elaborate if it isn't clear why. I see. Good point. -- Greetings Michael. _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
