On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 10:51:30AM +1100, Julian Calaby wrote: > Just as a bit of explanation for Johannes' NACK: > > 1. The only reason lib80211 still exists is because a couple of > in-tree drivers still use it. If this weren't the case, the code would > have been removed a long time ago as it's been completely replaced by > mac80211 and cfg80211. All modern drivers _must_ use mac80211 or > cfg80211 without exception. > 2. In general, there is no official in-kernel support for > out-of-kernel drivers, regardless of quality, status or importance. > 3. I believe that the in-tree brcmsmac driver already supports the > Broadcom card you reference. Hi Julian. Thanks for your complete explanation. I have tried in-tree brcmsmac driver and it works well, I use it to send out this email! This is wonderful, then I don't need to fix compilation errors about the old, ugly and closed wl driver for my notebook with BCM43225 802.11b/g/n every time I upgrade kernel. Thanks Julian and all. -- 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
