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From: Martin Langer <martin-langer-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Larry Finger
	<larry.finger-tQ5ms3gMjBLk1uMJSBkQmQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Joseph Jezak <josejx-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	John Linville <linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Michael Buesch <mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Bcm43xx-dev-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix code for spec changes of 2/7/2007
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 23:52:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070209225234.GA3381@tuba> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070209213239.GA11650-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 09:32:39PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> 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?

We can't extract bcm43xx_microcode2.fw from v4 drivers. You need this 
file for old rev2+3 0x812 cores. So we don't know what firmware we 
should load into those old cores. I think broadcom never developed a new 
v4 style firmware for their old hardware.

Martin


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-09 22:52 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
     [not found]                     ` <20070209213239.GA11650-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2007-02-09 22:52                       ` Martin Langer [this message]
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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