Subject: Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?)
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Cc: Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:09:17 +0200
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On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 12:04 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 17:59 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 11:52 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 17:29 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > >=20
> > > > > From the
> > > > > users' perspective, PCI and PCI Express are different busses and =
should
> > > > > be listed separately.
> > > >=20
> > > > I'm not sure. The ID spaces are the same really, and users really d=
on't
> > > > distinguish that much, for them PCI-E is just the new PCI technolog=
y
> > > > with a different form factor. Kinda like mini-pci vs. pci.
> > >=20
> > > We can have "form factors": PCI, CardBus, MiniPCI, PCIe and PCI
> > > ExpressCard.
> >=20
> > I've done that and adjusted a few of the b43 entries, go check it out :=
)
>=20
> Thanks!  I'll update what I know.

I also added a short overview over the form factors on the page:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Devices/PCI.

FWIW, I've spelt it "Mini-PCI", and it would be good for the filter if
we used a consistent spelling.

johannes

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