matthieu castet wrote: > Larry Finger wrote: >> Matthieu CASTET wrote: >>> 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. >> >> The firmware difference is the primary one. >> >>> But v4 firmware seems to support core 4 (pcm4 & ucode4) and b43 code >>> got some >>> support for old chips (<5). >> >> The Broadcom V4 drivers do have core 4 firmware embedded in them and >> it is >> extracted by b43-fwcutter; however, b43 will _NOT_ work with core 4 >> chips. The >> firmware loader will only find firmware for core 5 and later. > Ok but what prevent b43 to support core 4 chip with v4 firmware like the > broadcom driver does ? > I am aware that the current driver doesn't support it, but what are the > missing part to support it ? The firmware loader code is the first step. Beyond that, I have no idea. > If it is the difference from core4 from newer chip, why b43legacy > contains only few special case for core4 chip. I do not know other than that is what the specs called for. > PS : I don't have core 4 chip nor plan to get some, I ask this out of > curiosity. I do have such a chip, but I use it to verify b43legacy code. Larry -- 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
