From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.115]:47772 "EHLO mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754871AbXHVRlt (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:41:49 -0400 Message-ID: <46CC755A.5030109@lwfinger.net> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:41:46 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Broadcom Linux , wireless Subject: [PATCH] b43legacy: Initial port of new driver with bcm43xx PHY code and ssb/mac80211 front end Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The following message was just sent to John Linville with the patch attached. Because of the patch's length, it is not being sent to the lists. If you would like to obtain a copy, it is at ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/patches/port_to_b43legacy. Larry ============================= This patch ports the PHY and radio handling code of the softmac driver to the mac80211 front end from b43. The resulting driver is known as b43legacy. This driver uses V3 firmware and supports 802.11b-only devices (BCM4301 and BCM4303). It also supports the BCM4306/2 802.11g model. This driver is needed as these units are not supported by the V4 firmware used with driver b43. Module ssb has been modified to select between b43 and b43legacy depending on the revision of the 802.11 wireless core. As a result the two versions can coexist on a system. The scheme whereby the firmware is split into separate directories precludes any problems with firmware names. Compilation with both drivers built into the kernel confirms that there are no namespace collisions between b43 and b43legacy. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger --- John, Because of the size of this patch, I have not sent it to the lists. If this is a problem, please let me know. It is meant to apply to the b43 branch of wireless-dev after the series of 6 patches queued by Michael Buesch on Aug. 18. This patch has been run through scripts/checkpatch.pl, and is reasonably free of the defects found by that script. The problem with performance on the BCM4306/2 has been fixed. It still needs improvement, but it now works as well as it ever has. Thanks, Larry