* brcm80211 in b43
@ 2010-10-14 19:51 Ariel Pedraza
2010-10-14 20:27 ` Gábor Stefanik
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From: Ariel Pedraza @ 2010-10-14 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b43-dev
In the future the b43 driver will support the same devices that the brcm80211 driver does? just one universal driver pure FOSS...
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2010-10-14 19:51 brcm80211 in b43 Ariel Pedraza
@ 2010-10-14 20:27 ` Gábor Stefanik
2010-10-14 20:47 ` Rafał Miłecki
2010-10-15 8:05 ` Arjan Schrijver
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From: Gábor Stefanik @ 2010-10-14 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b43-dev
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Ariel Pedraza <pedrazaa@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In the future the b43 driver will support the same devices that the brcm80211 driver does? just one universal driver pure FOSS...
No.
B43 only supports SSB-based devices; while brcm80211 is for SSB-less
ones. (Brcmfmac is yet another driver - for fullmac Broadcoms with the
exception of BCM4320, which is handled by rndis_wlan.)
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* brcm80211 in b43
2010-10-14 20:27 ` Gábor Stefanik
@ 2010-10-14 20:47 ` Rafał Miłecki
2010-10-15 5:26 ` Michael Büsch
2010-10-15 8:05 ` Arjan Schrijver
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From: Rafał Miłecki @ 2010-10-14 20:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b43-dev
2010/10/14 G?bor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Ariel Pedraza <pedrazaa@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In the future the b43 driver will support the same devices that the brcm80211 driver does? just one universal driver pure FOSS...
>
> No.
>
> B43 only supports SSB-based devices; while brcm80211 is for SSB-less
> ones. (Brcmfmac is yet another driver - for fullmac Broadcoms with the
> exception of BCM4320, which is handled by rndis_wlan.)
Should be possible to add support for SSB-less devices in b43 in
future. Probably should be easier than adding support for SSB-based
devices in brcm80211, shouldn't it?
--
Rafa?
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* brcm80211 in b43
2010-10-14 20:47 ` Rafał Miłecki
@ 2010-10-15 5:26 ` Michael Büsch
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From: Michael Büsch @ 2010-10-15 5:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b43-dev
On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 22:47 +0200, Rafa? Mi?ecki wrote:
> 2010/10/14 G?bor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@gmail.com>:
> > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Ariel Pedraza <pedrazaa@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> In the future the b43 driver will support the same devices that the brcm80211 driver does? just one universal driver pure FOSS...
> >
> > No.
> >
> > B43 only supports SSB-based devices; while brcm80211 is for SSB-less
> > ones. (Brcmfmac is yet another driver - for fullmac Broadcoms with the
> > exception of BCM4320, which is handled by rndis_wlan.)
>
> Should be possible to add support for SSB-less devices in b43 in
> future. Probably should be easier than adding support for SSB-based
> devices in brcm80211, shouldn't it?
Yeah, I think it's probably easier to extend b43. However, I'm not sure
if it's worth the trouble. We can live with b43 and brcm80211
simultaneously just fine.
--
Greetings Michael.
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* brcm80211 in b43
2010-10-14 20:27 ` Gábor Stefanik
2010-10-14 20:47 ` Rafał Miłecki
@ 2010-10-15 8:05 ` Arjan Schrijver
2010-10-15 9:55 ` Rafał Miłecki
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Arjan Schrijver @ 2010-10-15 8:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b43-dev
On 10/14/10 22:27, G?bor Stefanik wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Ariel Pedraza<pedrazaa@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In the future the b43 driver will support the same devices that the brcm80211 driver does? just one universal driver pure FOSS...
> No.
>
> B43 only supports SSB-based devices; while brcm80211 is for SSB-less
> ones. (Brcmfmac is yet another driver - for fullmac Broadcoms with the
> exception of BCM4320, which is handled by rndis_wlan.)
>
Which driver would I need for the device below?
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n
Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
Is this a SSB-based device, or a SSB-less device?
Thanks,
Arjan
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* brcm80211 in b43
2010-10-15 8:05 ` Arjan Schrijver
@ 2010-10-15 9:55 ` Rafał Miłecki
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From: Rafał Miłecki @ 2010-10-15 9:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: b43-dev
2010/10/15 Arjan Schrijver <arjan@anymore.nl>:
> ?On 10/14/10 22:27, G?bor Stefanik wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Ariel Pedraza<pedrazaa@yahoo.com> ?wrote:
>>>
>>> In the future the b43 driver will support the same devices that the
>>> brcm80211 driver does? just one universal driver pure FOSS...
>>
>> No.
>>
>> B43 only supports SSB-based devices; while brcm80211 is for SSB-less
>> ones. (Brcmfmac is yet another driver - for fullmac Broadcoms with the
>> exception of BCM4320, which is handled by rndis_wlan.)
>>
>
> Which driver would I need for the device below?
> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n
> Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
>
> Is this a SSB-based device, or a SSB-less device?
It's SSB-based. You will want b43 when it gets stable N-PHY support or
brcm80211 when it gets SSB devices support.
--
Rafa?
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