Re: [LEDE-DEV] b43 support for AC chipsets like BCM4360 and BCM4352?
On 7 August 2017 at 08:25, Baptiste Jonglezwrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 06:31:43PM -0700, ros...@gmail.com wrote: >> Based on kernel activity, this driver is not under active development. >> >> And yes, avoid. > > Ok, I was hoping to get an answer from Rafał or Hauke. > > But you seem to be right about the development activity! There isn't any behind the scenes development going on I'm aware of. ___ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
Re: [LEDE-DEV] b43 support for AC chipsets like BCM4360 and BCM4352?
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 06:31:43PM -0700, ros...@gmail.com wrote: > Based on kernel activity, this driver is not under active development. > > And yes, avoid. Ok, I was hoping to get an answer from Rafał or Hauke. But you seem to be right about the development activity! Thanks, Baptiste > On Tue, 2017-08-01 at 00:42 +0200, Baptiste Jonglez wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As far as I can tell, the b43 driver does not support AC chipsets > > like > > BCM4352, BCM4360, BCM4366. Support for these is marked BROKEN > > upstream. > > > > This means that a few devices supported by LEDE actually have no > > wireless, > > for instance Archer C9 v1, ASUS RT-AC68U, maybe others. Also, quite > > a lot > > of dual-band devices lack 5 GHz support, because BCM4360 seems to be > > quite > > popular as a second wireless chipset. > > > > Is there any news regarding AC support in b43, and more generally > > b43-related activity, or should we just avoid these devices? > > > > Thanks, > > Baptiste signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
Re: [LEDE-DEV] b43 support for AC chipsets like BCM4360 and BCM4352?
Based on kernel activity, this driver is not under active development. And yes, avoid. On Tue, 2017-08-01 at 00:42 +0200, Baptiste Jonglez wrote: > Hi, > > As far as I can tell, the b43 driver does not support AC chipsets > like > BCM4352, BCM4360, BCM4366. Support for these is marked BROKEN > upstream. > > This means that a few devices supported by LEDE actually have no > wireless, > for instance Archer C9 v1, ASUS RT-AC68U, maybe others. Also, quite > a lot > of dual-band devices lack 5 GHz support, because BCM4360 seems to be > quite > popular as a second wireless chipset. > > Is there any news regarding AC support in b43, and more generally > b43-related activity, or should we just avoid these devices? > > Thanks, > Baptiste > ___ > Lede-dev mailing list > Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev ___ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev