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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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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