linux-kernel - brcmsmac driver is ghost in 3.3

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Date:	Mon, 2 Apr 2012 23:50:26 -0500
From:	Chester <somethingsome2000@...il.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: brcmsmac driver is ghost in 3.3

I spent the better part of my day trying to get my bcm4313 wlan card
to work with the new kernel to little success. I used to use brcmsmac
with the old 3.2 kernel, but it was somehow excluded when I did my
'make silentoldconfig'.

I chose b43 because I couldn't find brcmsmac anywhere in nconfig
anymore. device drivers -> network devices -> wireless lan -> ???..
After fiddling around a while, I looked into my .config and searched
for the symbol, and sure enough, it was there! CONFIG_BRCMSMAC is not
set.

That's strange. I get back on nconfig and do a symbol search and find
that it should be in devices drivers -> network devices -> wireless
lan. I go check a 2nd time and it's right there! Broadcom SoftMac
driver! .. I tried enabling it and saving the config. I peaked at the
.config file again, and the symbol was _gone_ .. (??) I got back on
nconfig and the option was no longer there as well.
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