linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: wireless: bcm43xx: big_buffer

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Date:	Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:30:16 -0800
From:	Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
CC:	bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de, Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>,
	Simon Holm Thøgersen <odie@...aau.dk>,
	matthias.kaehlcke@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jonathan@...masters.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	kjwinchester@...il.com, linux@...mer.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: wireless: bcm43xx: big_buffer_sem semaphore
 to	mutex

Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Sunday 16 December 2007 00:18:43 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> Well, the only problem with that is I suspect there are some "newer" cards that
>> work better with v3 firmware, although they are supposed to support both.
> 
> And I suspect that you are wrong until you show me one. :)

The BCM4311/1 card used to work better with bcm43xx than it did with b43; however, since the power 
control problem was "solved" in b43, there is very little difference. When I built my special system 
to use the BCM4311 with b43legacy, there was no difference.

I don't know of any cards that work better with bcm43xx than with b43. Of course, that is comparing 
SoftMAC with mac80211. There is, of course, no comparison.

Larry


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