Re: schedule bcm43xx removal for 2.6.26 -- Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Wednesday, 21 of November 2007, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:26:48AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Tuesday, 20 of November 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > > It is known for over a year now that b43 (aka bcm43xx-mac80211) is going > > > to > > > replace bcm43x

Re: schedule bcm43xx removal for 2.6.26 -- Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 14:59:27 John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:26:48AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Tuesday, 20 of November 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > > > It is known for over a year now that b43 (aka bcm43xx-mac80211) is going > > > to > > > replace bc

Re: schedule bcm43xx removal for 2.6.26 -- Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

> This sounds good to me. Of course, we all understand that once 2.6.25 is > released, _EVERY_ > complaint/bug report for bcm43xx and SoftMAC will get the response "switch to > 2.6.25"! Nah. That'll even happen with .24 :) johannes signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed messag

Re: schedule bcm43xx removal for 2.6.26 -- Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

John W. Linville wrote: > > It is probably true that we haven't communicated this very well > outside the wireless team. We probably should have added bcm43xx to > the feature removal schedule before the 2.6.24 merge window closed. > > How about if we mark bcm43xx as "Obsolete" in MAINTAINERS an

schedule bcm43xx removal for 2.6.26 -- Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:26:48AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tuesday, 20 of November 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > It is known for over a year now that b43 (aka bcm43xx-mac80211) is going to > > replace bcm43xx. And we already do a parrallel release cycle with both > > drivers > > in

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Wednesday 21 November 2007 00:26:48 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Tuesday, 20 of November 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > > On Monday 19 November 2007 23:57:43 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > Having both drivers in 2.6.24 should help find out if > > > > there's anything which should be ironed ou

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Tuesday 20 November 2007 15:11:07 Andreas Schwab wrote: >>> Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> On Monday 19 November 2007 23:36:44 Andreas Schwab wrote: > b43 still does not work at

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Tuesday, 20 of November 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Monday 19 November 2007 23:57:43 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > Having both drivers in 2.6.24 should help find out if > > > there's anything which should be ironed out with b43/b43legacy, but right > > > now they are already working a lot

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Tuesday 20 November 2007 16:09:27 Larry Finger wrote: > Andreas Schwab wrote: > > Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> --- drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c.orig2007-11-20 > >> 01:12:12.186524483 +0100 > >> +++ drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2007-11-20 01:12:34.922702

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Andreas Schwab wrote: > Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> --- drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c.orig2007-11-20 >> 01:12:12.186524483 +0100 >> +++ drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2007-11-20 01:12:34.922702865 +0100 >> @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ >> >> while (1) { >>

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 15:11:07 Andreas Schwab wrote: >> Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Monday 19 November 2007 23:36:44 Andreas Schwab wrote: >> >> b43 still does not work at all on ppc. >> > >> > This is absolutely _wrong_

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are you using latest driver from wireless-2.6 and the officially > supported firmware version from > http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 Please see the other mails in the thread. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Tuesday 20 November 2007 15:11:07 Andreas Schwab wrote: > Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Monday 19 November 2007 23:36:44 Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> b43 still does not work at all on ppc. > > > > This is absolutely _wrong_. > > Of course it is wrong, but apparently the onl

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 19 November 2007 23:36:44 Andreas Schwab wrote: >> b43 still does not work at all on ppc. > > This is absolutely _wrong_. Of course it is wrong, but apparently the only way to get attention to a blocker bug. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuS

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Monday 19 November 2007 23:57:43 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > Having both drivers in 2.6.24 should help find out if > > there's anything which should be ironed out with b43/b43legacy, but right > > now they are already working a lot better than bcm43xx, and they are more > > stable. So I couldn

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Monday 19 November 2007 23:36:44 Andreas Schwab wrote: > b43 still does not work at all on ppc. This is absolutely _wrong_. -- Greetings Michael. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bc

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

> Many people use the old driver and you are forcing them to switch in a rather > unfriendly fashion. > IMvHO, the schedule of the removal of this driver should be discussed on LKML. We can post a patch to orphan it and then ignore it. We actually prefer to remove it so people use b43 and we can

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

> > The maintainers know. Having both drivers in 2.6.24 should help find out if > > there's anything which should be ironed out with b43/b43legacy, but right > > now they are already working a lot better than bcm43xx, and they are more > > stable. So I couldn't find a reason why we shouldn't remov

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Gaudenz Steinlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use b43 on ppc (wireless-2.6/everything from when 2.6.23 was released) > and it works better than b43xx ever did. This is on a powerbook 5,8 with > this card: > b43-phy3: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found > b43-phy3 debug: Found PHY: Analog 3, Type 2, Revisi

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 11:36:44PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:00:11 +0100 > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Well, are you 100% sure that everyone interested knows that this drivers > >> is going o

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --- drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c.orig2007-11-20 01:12:12.186524483 > +0100 > +++ drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2007-11-20 01:12:34.922702865 +0100 > @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ > > while (1) { > v0 = b43_read32(dev, B43

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > Many people use the old driver and you are forcing them to switch in a rather > unfriendly fashion. > > Moreover, the switch generally involves a configuration change (on my system > eth1 became wlan0) and is not _that_ seamless. That change is in udev and has nothin

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:19:55 +0100 Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This is strange. Because it has been developed mainly on PPC. Plus, if > > you could better define "does not work" > > See

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is strange. Because it has been developed mainly on PPC. Plus, if you > could better define "does not work" See . Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Prod

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:36:44 +0100 Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:00:11 +0100 > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Well, are you 100% sure that everyone interested knows that this > >> driv

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Monday, 19 of November 2007, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:00:11 +0100 > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Well, are you 100% sure that everyone interested knows that this drivers > >> is going out in 2.6.

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Monday, 19 of November 2007, Stefano Brivio wrote: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:00:11 +0100 > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, are you 100% sure that everyone interested knows that this drivers > > is going out in 2.6.25 and no one will object? > > The maintainers know.

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:00:11 +0100 > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well, are you 100% sure that everyone interested knows that this drivers >> is going out in 2.6.25 and no one will object? > > The maintainers know. Having both dri

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:00:11 +0100 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, are you 100% sure that everyone interested knows that this drivers > is going out in 2.6.25 and no one will object? The maintainers know. Having both drivers in 2.6.24 should help find out if there's anythin

Re: [PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

On Monday, 19 of November 2007, Stefano Brivio wrote: > Remove bcm43xx. > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- > > John, > I hope this is the last try, v2 was line wrapped. :) This is for 2.6.25. Well, are you 100% sure that everyone interested knows that this drivers

[PATCH v3] remove bcm43xx

Remove bcm43xx. Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- John, I hope this is the last try, v2 was line wrapped. :) This is for 2.6.25. Please also run: git rm -r drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx --- Index: wireless-2.6/Documentation/networking/bcm43xx.txt ==