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Re: b43 vs b43legacy

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On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Matthieu CASTET
<castet.matthieu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what's the difference between b43 and b43legacy ?
>
> From a first point a view, it seems b43 is for core >= 5 and b43legacy for the
> other.
> There is also firmware difference : b43 need v4 and b43legacy need v3.
>
> But v4 firmware seems to support core 4 (pcm4 & ucode4) and b43 code got some
> support for old chips (<5).
>
> Is the split was made because nobody know how to use firmware v4 with core 4 or
> because core 4 it so different from newer core.
> In the latter case why code for older chip (<5) is not removed from the driver ?
>

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

  Luis
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