From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: matthieu castet <castet.matthieu@free.fr>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: b43 vs b43legacy
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:17:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200906021717.01320.mb@bu3sch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A244C5A.50307@free.fr>
On Monday 01 June 2009 23:47:06 matthieu castet wrote:
> Ok but what prevent b43 to support core 4 chip with v4 firmware like the
> broadcom driver does ?
> I am aware that the current driver doesn't support it, but what are the
> missing part to support it ?
Recent broadcom drivers do not support <=rev4 anymore.
There are lots of differences between those devices and devices >=rev5.
So we chose to fork it.
That's it. It's as simple as that. Why does it surprise you that much? Lots
of other devices require a separate driver for legacy devices, too.
--
Greetings, Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-02 15:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-29 19:19 b43 vs b43legacy Matthieu CASTET
2009-05-29 20:42 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-05-29 21:15 ` Larry Finger
2009-06-01 21:47 ` matthieu castet
2009-06-01 22:17 ` Larry Finger
2009-06-02 15:17 ` Michael Buesch [this message]
2009-06-08 19:43 ` matthieu castet
2009-05-30 8:58 ` Michael Buesch
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