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From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: John Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: [patch 4/6] b43: Update Kconfig help text
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:48:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070818234835.514400000@bu3sch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20070818234833.623623000@bu3sch.de

From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>

The help text in Kconfig for b43 is updated to indicate the devices that it
does not support and to note that it can coexist with b43legacy.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>

Index: wireless-dev-new/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- wireless-dev-new.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig	2007-08-15 15:18:34.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-dev-new/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig	2007-08-17 20:20:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ 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.
+	  It is safe to include both b43 and b43legacy as the ssb driver will
+	  load the correct version for your device.
+
+	  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

-- 


  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-08-18 23:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-18 23:48 [patch 0/6] New patch series for merge Michael Buesch
2007-08-18 23:48 ` [patch 1/6] b43: Fix kconfig, SSB autoselect must depend on b43 Michael Buesch
2007-08-18 23:48 ` [patch 2/6] ssb: Fix uevent MODALIAS string Michael Buesch
2007-08-18 23:48 ` [patch 3/6] b43: Rename print functions to b43foobar Michael Buesch
2007-08-18 23:48 ` Michael Buesch [this message]
2007-08-18 23:48 ` [patch 5/6] b43: Use new firmware file naming scheme Michael Buesch
2007-08-18 23:48 ` [patch 6/6] b43: New firmware file format Michael Buesch
2007-08-21 15:46   ` Johannes Berg
2007-08-21 20:13     ` John W. Linville
2007-08-21 21:58       ` Michael Buesch
2007-08-23 20:49       ` Johannes Berg
2007-08-24 10:17         ` Michael Buesch
2007-08-24 10:28           ` Johannes Berg

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