From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: b43 depends on lots of modules
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:03:22 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <495ED57A.7080101@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.00.0901030349030.3914@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that the b43 module has a lot of dependencies, among:
>
> depends: pcmcia,mac80211,ssb,input-polldev,pcmcia_core,led-class,rfkill,rng-core,firmware_class
>
> Why does it depend on PCMCIA when I hear that b43 devices are also
> available in PCI variants? Similarly, is SSB needed on x86en which
> usually don't have such?
B43 only depends on PCMCIA if that option is selected in the
configuration. Mine doesn't, but most distros will. Ssb is the PCI
driver for b43. If you have a PCI device, then you need it. Ssb was
split out because it is shared among b43, b43legacy and b44.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-03 3:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-03 2:50 b43 depends on lots of modules Jan Engelhardt
2009-01-03 3:03 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2009-01-03 3:20 ` Jan Engelhardt
2009-01-03 4:20 ` Larry Finger
2009-01-03 11:11 ` Michael Buesch
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