Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.115]:34617 "EHLO mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932461AbXBNTNz (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:13:55 -0500 Message-ID: <45D35F65.7060001@lwfinger.net> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:13:41 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johannes Berg CC: Joseph Jezak , Michael Buesch , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, John Linville Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix code for spec changes of 2/7/2007 References: <45cca236.+lL/rsW3DbM3elnk%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <45CCBB93.2040703@lwfinger.net> <45CCC5DF.8010001@gentoo.org> <200702092017.36950.mb@bu3sch.de> <45CCD1B1.80709@gentoo.org> <1171457525.11116.19.camel@johannes.berg> In-Reply-To: <1171457525.11116.19.camel@johannes.berg> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Johannes Berg wrote: >> supported cards or a bug fix? > > Hmm. Same I guess, use the new check for new hw and the old check for > old hw, i.e. assume it's the former and not a bug fix (until tested > otherwise.) > > I think our best bet is to treat the older hw the same as the older > driver does. > > A bigger problem, IMO, is that we'd have to support all the older > microcode things which is a bit tricky since things in shm have moved a > lot... Maybe we should find a third maintainer who has access to a > couple of old cards :) I've got a pair of BCM4306 rev 2 cards. One of them is certainly available. Its LEDS don't work anymore, but the rest is functional. Larry