On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:37:51 -0500 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think we have a plan for the future of bcm43xx-softmac once the > bcm43xx-mac80211 version goes into mainline. Unfortunately it cannot just > be abandoned as there will be no support for 802.11b-only devices in > bcm43xx-mac80211. > > The steps to be done are as follows: > > 1. Change the namespace from bcm43xx to bcm4301. This will both reflect > the purpose of the changed driver as well as prevent namespace collisions > with the bcm43xx-mac80211 version in case both are built into the kernel. I'm quite sure you know, bcm4301 isn't the only 802.11b-only device. There's bcm4303 too. Anyway, naming the driver bcm4301 sounds reasonable to me. > Please comment on this plan. ACK. -- Ciao Stefano - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
