From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> The help text in Kconfig for b43 is updated to indicate the devices that it does not support and to note that it can coexist with b43legacy. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> Index: wireless-dev-new/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig =================================================================== --- wireless-dev-new.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig 2007-08-15 15:18:34.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-dev-new/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig 2007-08-17 20:20:27.000000000 +0200 @@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ config B43 select HW_RANDOM ---help--- This is an experimental driver for the Broadcom 43xx wireless chip, - found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other devices. + found in the Apple Airport Extreme and various other devices. This + driver supports 802.11a and 802.11g, but not 802.11b. As a result, + BCM4301 and BCM4303 are not supported - use b43legacy instead. + It is safe to include both b43 and b43legacy as the ssb driver will + load the correct version for your device. + + This driver uses V4 firmware, which must be installed separately using + b43-fwcutter. + + This driver can be built as a module (recommended) that will be called "b43". # Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible config B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT -- - 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
