Return-path: Received: from mfe1.polimi.it ([131.175.12.23]:45840 "EHLO polimi.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934089AbXCWTvp (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:51:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:46:27 +0100 From: Stefano Brivio To: Larry Finger Cc: John Linville , Michael Buesch , wireless , bcm43xx devel Subject: Re: RFC: Future plans for bcm43xx-softmac Message-ID: <20070323204627.183d2c21@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4604106F.7080003@lwfinger.net> References: <4604106F.7080003@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:37:51 -0500 Larry Finger wrote: > I think we have a plan for the future of bcm43xx-softmac once the > bcm43xx-mac80211 version goes into mainline. Unfortunately it cannot just > be abandoned as there will be no support for 802.11b-only devices in > bcm43xx-mac80211. > > The steps to be done are as follows: > > 1. Change the namespace from bcm43xx to bcm4301. This will both reflect > the purpose of the changed driver as well as prevent namespace collisions > with the bcm43xx-mac80211 version in case both are built into the kernel. I'm quite sure you know, bcm4301 isn't the only 802.11b-only device. There's bcm4303 too. Anyway, naming the driver bcm4301 sounds reasonable to me. > Please comment on this plan. ACK. -- Ciao Stefano