On Friday 17 August 2007 18:12:05 Larry Finger wrote: > 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?
I am just changing that. I'm also changing the file format to contain a header and a new IV file format to use less space. > For the help text in b43's Kconfig, what do you think of the following? Yeah, cool. But add something like the following to b43, too: > + devices need b43. It is safe to include both b43legacy and b43 as > the > + ssb driver will load the correct version for your device. it's important to know that the two drivers can coexist. > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Bcm43xx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev > > -- Greetings Michael. _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
