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
--
next prev 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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