From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
John Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>,
Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix code for spec changes of 2/7/2007
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 21:32:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070209213239.GA11650@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45CCCAE1.9080901@lwfinger.net>
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 01:26:25PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> My plan is to continue to maintain bcm43xx-SoftMAC for at least the BPHY and 4306 revisions even
> after d80211 becomes the in-kernel driver. Of course, I hope that we will have found the killer bugs
> by that time, and that maintenance will only require following kernel API changes.
Just to make sure I'm understanding this correctly - does the v4
firmware drop compatibility for older cards, or is it just that Broadcom
dropped support in the driver at the same time as the firmware changed,
and the new firmware will still also drive the old cards?
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-09 21:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-09 16:32 [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix code for spec changes of 2/7/2007 Larry Finger
[not found] ` <45cca236.+lL/rsW3DbM3elnk%Larry.Finger-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 17:11 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200702091811.40683.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 18:11 ` Larry Finger
2007-02-09 22:22 ` Joseph Jezak
2007-02-09 17:29 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200702091829.51002.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 18:21 ` Larry Finger
2007-02-09 18:48 ` Michael Buesch
2007-02-09 19:05 ` Joseph Jezak
[not found] ` <45CCC5DF.8010001-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 19:17 ` Michael Buesch
2007-02-09 19:55 ` Joseph Jezak
2007-02-09 20:30 ` Michael Buesch
2007-02-14 12:52 ` Johannes Berg
2007-02-09 19:26 ` Larry Finger
2007-02-09 21:32 ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
[not found] ` <20070209213239.GA11650-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 22:52 ` Martin Langer
2007-02-10 5:55 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200702100655.51495.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-10 12:57 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20070210125707.GA21803-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-27 17:00 ` Gavin McCullagh
2007-02-14 13:18 ` Johannes Berg
2007-02-14 21:40 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200702142240.01494.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-15 15:07 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1171552024.5220.4.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-15 15:13 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200702151613.20746.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-15 15:19 ` Johannes Berg
[not found] ` <1171552753.5220.10.camel-YfaajirXv214zXjbi5bjpg@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-15 16:51 ` Martin Langer
2007-02-15 16:53 ` Johannes Berg
2007-02-11 13:21 ` Johannes Berg
2007-02-09 18:45 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200702091945.25187.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 19:17 ` Joseph Jezak
[not found] ` <45CCC8B5.3060108-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 19:26 ` Michael Buesch
[not found] ` <200702092026.43006.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 19:58 ` Joseph Jezak
2007-02-09 22:24 ` Joseph Jezak
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