Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f209.google.com ([209.85.218.209]:33658 "EHLO mail-bw0-f209.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751635Ab0CSSkm (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:40:42 -0400 Received: by bwz1 with SMTP id 1so300469bwz.21 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:40:40 -0700 (PDT) To: Larry Finger Cc: Johannes Berg , Michael Buesch , bcm43xx devel , wireless Subject: Re: RFC: A workaround for BCM43XX devices with no on-board SPROM References: <4BA266FB.1080507@lwfinger.net> <1268945580.4005.15.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> <4BA296BA.7000502@lwfinger.net> From: Kalle Valo Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:40:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4BA296BA.7000502@lwfinger.net> (Larry Finger's message of "Thu\, 18 Mar 2010 16\:10\:18 -0500") Message-ID: <87634scfyx.fsf@purkki.valot.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Larry Finger writes: > It comes from the SPROM, which is missing in the devices in > question. Broadcrap wanted to save a few pennies. It's just only about the cost, it's also about the size. Most probably in the future there will be even more designs like this. In the embedded side there has been such devices for few years now. -- Kalle Valo