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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:13:30 -0500
From: Joseph Jezak <josejx@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix code for spec changes of 2/7/2007
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> It's likely that old cards still work with v4 firmware, but we don't know and
> it has to be tested.
> 
> Care to do so?

I'm fairly sure the reason for dropping the old cards is that the 
on-board memory which holds the firmware isn't large enough to hold 
the newer firmware.  I can't find my documentation for that at the 
moment though.  Feel free to test and I'll confirm it later if I can 
find the info.

I'd suspect it doesn't work though since they provided a different 
firmware (ucode2) in the past.

-Joe