From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 09EB1F9D0C0 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:30:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:References:To:From:Subject:Message-Id: Date:Mime-Version:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=HPRQw3bDkS9ErEMLVmMxu4Z3dV/vuwc9WTJdlixhBKA=; b=ZWhdBTuqNHUzaRau80+TFVOQXR wL5r0ULHyQaCONBVgEqQNkIu8cWjNt45SP5BhSdnaj0deW+VWAEi4iq9EuCQV7RxxbhsdJc1KaE7K Hpbvc3xb5DULS30mo/N0xOih7jCaWHPzDE08A/a9g/07kLFaAf4q1Ix+k5WdBbaaVN8gpkXOnMqj3 uYGNbU4pcUMs765k5FBOCxLfb7hEMrDM6BaKIVMXk0D1OQewAB4rEBXxzNibKhjbWMd5OLZ6icq46 Eru3lXeNpi/CNzjhgWxMX2d08jAelxfyZGL9QC1W7mRPGI90Ur5+ShlxdBCupOAlFfG96ufuAIgDa VDgOFC+g==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wCbyo-0000000HEc2-09AR; Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:30:54 +0000 Received: from smtp.forwardemail.net ([121.127.44.73]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wCbyi-0000000HEbV-3BR5 for b43-dev@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:30:50 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ubuntu.com; h=In-Reply-To: References: To: From: Subject: Message-Id: Date: Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding: Mime-Version; q=dns/txt; s=fe-953a8a3ca9; t=1776166247; bh=Xitvg6EmoRMrDndV4vUkzGscWrGz8aNvlTxgksPRITo=; b=Sw/x50hnJhWmDl9Uikpf5/xQkojwAPgHjOtkDQI5sxbOmV2J/rQgMQkD26fQgpeFgm4fj6nuu rldgxCkP13iACNiavPcSfl9blyI1u8Ogb66MvKn4MIhZwsfTeHfBhSKQFa5prFqAN23TkB4zf/A e0mgUSYsRiAO65Mz7eNiVlxrU15TdFren5UPkmiWvY4fWy6o1ezgpacyo7xMS/UpXKwPmweyy1S QFMO439jksJRTh2dv7k2WN7bIxMkp1WY0UHxomy8jiOgWjcg54VghJQ0HSpHhmOcD0FqOCmzUmz 6sjMpyhz28qZJVJuheH9+ovLB//0k893EKAdSTwcwUGg== X-Forward-Email-ID: 69de25640963e560b6266193 X-Forward-Email-Sender: rfc822; jpeisach@ubuntu.com, smtp.forwardemail.net, 121.127.44.73 X-Forward-Email-Version: 2.7.3 X-Forward-Email-Website: https://forwardemail.net X-Complaints-To: abuse@forwardemail.net X-Report-Abuse: abuse@forwardemail.net X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@forwardemail.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:30:43 -0400 Message-Id: Subject: Re: Firmware for reverse engineering b43? From: "Joshua Peisach" To: "Johannes Berg" , "Joshua Peisach" , , X-Mailer: aerc 0.21.0 References: In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260414_043049_078065_1CA8E7DB X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 12.95 ) X-BeenThere: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: b43/b43legacy Linux driver discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="Flowed" Sender: "b43-dev" Errors-To: b43-dev-bounces+b43-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue Apr 14, 2026 at 5:14 AM EDT, Johannes Berg wrote: > I think there's no easy answer - what are you even trying to achieve? > Does b43 not work sufficiently well? Do you even know if some specific > calibration have a tendency to go out of whack? Is there later firmware > that has some advantage (given how little actually happens in firmware > in these devices, I'd be surprised by that) but isn't compatible with > the driver now, and you want to change that? > > I'd be tempted to say that if there's no problem there don't try to fix > anything, the hardware is ancient anyway, likely has few users, and > those users would probably be fine with just leaving it? > > johannes The BCM4321 (nphy) doesn't connect to my 5G network, so I figured that by filling in TODOs and FIXME's, I could eventually get something working. Other than that, I was thinking of making improvements for the sake of improving the driver. -Josh _______________________________________________ b43-dev mailing list b43-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/b43-dev