linux-kernel - Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch)

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Message-Id: <200802241529.50967.mb@bu3sch.de>
Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:29:50 +0100
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	"Alexey Zaytsev" <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	"Alexey Zaytsev" <zaytsev.a@...tei.ru>, "Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch)

On Saturday 23 February 2008 12:32:50 Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
> The problem is not with enabling both b43 and bcm43xx (will, whis won't work
> anyway, and there is no chance fixing it). The problem is with enabling the
> bcm43xx wifi driver and the b44 Ethernet driver. The ethernet driver then
> wrongly autosolects some config options that prevent the bcm43xx
> driver from loading, so I'm left with either no wifi or no ethenet.

Ok, so I just tested this on a machine and it is _not_ true.
It works just fine to run b44/ssb with bcm43xx in parallel.

Can you please stop fooling me and spreading this FUD?

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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