Return-path: Received: from mail-pz0-f109.google.com ([209.85.222.109]:39075 "EHLO mail-pz0-f109.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750811AbZE2UnR (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 May 2009 16:43:17 -0400 Received: by pzk7 with SMTP id 7so4968544pzk.33 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 13:43:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:42:59 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890905291342r17d2fc25kae8fedcc4b938604@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: b43 vs b43legacy To: Matthieu CASTET Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Matthieu CASTET wrote: > Hi, > > what's the difference between b43 and b43legacy ? > > From a first point a view, it seems b43 is for core >= 5 and b43legacy for the > other. > There is also firmware difference : b43 need v4 and b43legacy need v3. > > But v4 firmware seems to support core 4 (pcm4 & ucode4) and b43 code got some > support for old chips (<5). > > Is the split was made because nobody know how to use firmware v4 with core 4 or > because core 4 it so different from newer core. > In the latter case why code for older chip (<5) is not removed from the driver ? > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 Luis