Return-path: Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.92.24]:36538 "EHLO qw-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756550AbYKLXXH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:23:07 -0500 Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 3so390207qwe.37 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:23:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <69e28c910811121523n49f79c8ye490a29ee165508b@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081113_002316_079685_CA3380DF) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:23:05 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Stefanik_G=E1bor?=" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: libertas_tf should replace libertas_usb on compat-wireless? Cc: "Andrey Yurovsky" , "Luis Rodriguez" , "Dan Williams" , "David Woodhouse" , linux-wireless , "Luis Carlos Cobo" In-Reply-To: <43e72e890811121432k2ffd1902p665df2a11cf3b3d7@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <43e72e890811111632x2c641d2cmeb69c0a0ea95382e@mail.gmail.com> <1226505205.13536.13.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1226512649.3940.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20081112195515.GA15803@tesla> <45e8e6c40811121307v32ca4c2cq77714ff14bec4563@mail.gmail.com> <69e28c910811121316i285ec2dbr7acf6c3fe660536a@mail.gmail.com> <20081112222758.GB15803@tesla> <69e28c910811121429y298158e0i59c39f50fb9b4bc8@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890811121432k2ffd1902p665df2a11cf3b3d7@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Stefanik G=E1bor wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 01:16:36PM -0800, Stefanik G=E1bor wrote: >>>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Andrey Yurovsky wrote: >>>> > libertas_tf is a softmac driver developed mainly so that XO's ca= n run >>>> > hostapd and the like. libertas is the general (fullmac) driver = and, >>>> > in my opinion, should be the one users get unless they specifica= lly >>>> > wanted libertas_tf because they're experimenting with AP mode or= other >>>> > mac80211 features. So I guess I'd vote for libertas over libert= as_tf >>>> > at this time, for what it's worth. >>>> > >>>> > -Andrey >>>> >>>> I think libertas_usb should be a default (as it's HW accelerated),= but >>>> libertas_tf should be included as an option (disabled by default i= n >>>> config.mk, or auto-added to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist upon make >>>> install). >>> >>> OK so I've done this on config.mk: >>> >>> ifneq ($(CONFIG_USB),) >>> ifneq ($(CONFIG_LIBERTAS_THINFIRM_USB),m) >>> CONFIG_LIBERTAS_USB=3Dm >>> NEED_LIBERTAS=3Dy >>> endif >>> endif >>> >>> This means you'll get CONFIG_LIBERTAS_USB unless your kernel >>> already was built with CONFIG_LIBERTAS_THINFIRM_USB for all those >>> building with it. If your kernel was built with both then its your >>> problem. >>> >>> Luis >>> >> >> If the kernel has both, compat-wireless should also build both. > > The kernel has both, compat-wireless has both but we respect your > kernel .config unless we know better (we picked b43 over bcm43xx > before). In this case we don't want to prefer one over the other so w= e > simply stick to the decision of whoever built your kernel. > > Luis > I mean if both are enabled, and both were built. --=20 Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireles= s" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html