Stefano Brivio wrote: > 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. Yes, but bcm430x would have been more confusing as the 4306 and 4309 are covered by V4 firmware. Other choices such as bcm43xx-old, etc. seemed a little clumsy. Larry - 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
