On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 22:17 +1100, Julian Calaby wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 17:39, Yingang Fu <yingang.fu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > hi, all > > > > Does anybody know what acx stand for? The prefix often used in acx.c > > I believe that it's part of a code name for TI wireless chips or some > part of them. > > IIRC the old TI 802.11bg PCI cards were known as ACX111 cards and the > newer wl12xx cards also use these initials to identify part of the > communications protocol used to talk to the chips. Yes, this is correct. The naming ACX is legacy from the old drivers and, even though nowadays there is hardly if anything in common, the name remains. In practice, the "ACX commands" in the wl12xx driver is mostly about firmware configuration, while the "CMD commands" are mostly about actions. This is not so clearcut though. -- Cheers, Luca. -- 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
