Michael,
Now that I have solved the module loading problem on my openSUSE 10.2 systems,
I'm nearly ready to
push the b43legacy patch to John.
Is it your plan to stay with the current firmware naming scheme, or are you
going to change to what
Johannes proposed?
For the help text in b43's Kconfig, what do you think of the following?
Index: wireless-dev/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- wireless-dev.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig
+++ wireless-dev/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,14 @@ config B43
select HW_RANDOM
---help---
This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless chip,
- found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other devices.
+ found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other devices. This
+ driver supports 802.11a and 802.11g, but not 802.11b. As a result,
+ BCM4301 and BCM4303 are not supported - use b43legacy instead.
+
+ This driver uses V4 firmware, which must be installed separately using
+ b43-fwcutter.
+
+ This driver can be built as a module (recommended) that will be
called "b43".
# Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible
config B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT
The corresponding text for b43legacy would be
+config B43LEGACY
+ tristate "Broadcom BCM43xx legacy wireless support (mac80211 stack)"
+ depends on SSB_POSSIBLE && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
+ select SSB
+ select FW_LOADER
+ select HW_RANDOM
+ ---help---
+ This is a driver for 802.11b devices from Broadcom (BCM4301 and
+ BCM4303). It is also the driver for early model 802.11g chips
(BCM4306
+ Ver. 2) that were used in the Linksys WPC54G V1 PCMCIA devices. Newer
+ devices need b43. It is safe to include both b43legacy and b43 as the
+ ssb driver will load the correct version for your device.
+
+ This driver uses V3 firmware, which must be installed separately using
+ b43-fwcutter.
+
+ This driver can be compiled as a module (recommended) that will be
+ called "b43legacy".
+
Thanks,
Larry
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