On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 16:07 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Thursday 09 August 2007 16:00:47 Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 15:41 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > 
> > > So, that said, I want to rename all the drivers.
> > > My plan was to rename "bcm43xx-mac80211" to "b43", so
> > > you could probably rename bcm4301 to b43-legacy or something
> > > shorter like b43-leg or maybe even b43-old.
> > 
> > I think if bcm43xx will be replaced with its mac80211 port, it should
> > stay bcm43xx to preserve users' .config and fwpostfix settings.
> 
> No it should not. bcm43xx-mac80211 requires different firmware.

I think you misread me.  "its mac80211 port" refers to bcm4301.  I just
tried to avoid the bcm4301 name because it wasn't exposed in Linux
releases yet.

Anyway, it's up to Larry, and he doesn't seem to dislike "legacy".

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

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