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Re: libertas_tf should replace libertas_usb on compat-wireless?

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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Stefanik Gábor <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez> <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 01:16:36PM -0800, Stefanik Gábor wrote:>>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Andrey Yurovsky <andrey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:>>> > libertas_tf is a softmac driver developed mainly so that XO's can run>>> > hostapd and the like.  libertas is the general (fullmac) driver and,>>> > in my opinion, should be the one users get unless they specifically>>> > wanted libertas_tf because they're experimenting with AP mode or other>>> > mac80211 features.  So I guess I'd vote for libertas over libertas_tf>>> > at this time, for what it's worth.>>> >>>> >  -Andrey>>>>>> I think libertas_usb should be a default (as it's HW accelerated), but>>> libertas_tf should be included as an option (disabled by default in>>> config.mk, or auto-added to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist upon make>>> install).>>>> OK so I've done this on config.mk:>>>> ifneq ($(CONFIG_USB),)>> ifneq ($(CONFIG_LIBERTAS_THINFIRM_USB),m)>> CONFIG_LIBERTAS_USB=m>> NEED_LIBERTAS=y>> endif>> endif>>>> This means you'll get CONFIG_LIBERTAS_USB unless your kernel>> already was built with CONFIG_LIBERTAS_THINFIRM_USB for all those>> building with it. If your kernel was built with both then its your>> problem.>>>>  Luis>>>> If the kernel has both, compat-wireless should also build both.
The kernel has both, compat-wireless has both but we respect yourkernel .config unless we know better (we picked b43 over bcm43xxbefore). In this case we don't want to prefer one over the other so wesimply stick to the decision of whoever built your kernel.
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