On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 your > kernel .config unless we know better (we picked b43 over bcm43xx > before). In this case we don't want to prefer one over the other so we > simply stick to the decision of whoever built your kernel. > > Luis > I mean if both are enabled, and both were built. -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
