From: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
To: Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix code for spec changes of 2/7/2007
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:48:12 +0100
Cc: Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	John Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
	Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de
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On Friday 09 February 2007 19:21, Larry Finger wrote:
> Michael Buesch wrote:
> > On Friday 09 February 2007 23:22, Joseph Jezak wrote:
> >>> Well, I don't review the rest until you say to which specs you did the changes. ;)
> >> http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/B5PHY
> >>
> >> Larry was working from the old specs, so when I updated it, I only 
> >> updated the old specs.  I'll fix the v4 specs soon.
> > 
> > Ah, ok. I think we should decide on which specs carry most recent information.
> > I think v3 specs should be considered obsolete and new information/ fixes
> > should go into v4. It is already too confusing where to find newest information
> > to a certain thing.
> > 
> 
> I'll agree to that as long as there is a clear indication of any differences between V3 and V4 firmware.

Well, the difference between v3 and v4 is:
* The SHM API.
* v4 may include less BPHY stuff, as broadcom's v4 drivers don't include BHY anymore.

So I'd say for everything bug BPHY the v4 specs should be considered latest.

-- 
Greetings Michael.