linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix the bcm43xx driver breakage in 2.6.24/25.

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Date:	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:21:19 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com>
Cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@...imi.it>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix the bcm43xx driver breakage in 2.6.24/25.

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:17:55 +0300 Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com> wrote:

> Theese two patches fix a problem instroduced in Linux 2.6.24, and
> still present in the current Linus' 2.6.25 tree.
> 
> The bcm43xx Wifi driver won't work any more, if the b44 Ethernet
> driver is enabled. This happens because the b44 driver
> needlessly enables the b43_pci_bridge code, which claims
> the same pci ids as the bcm43xx driver. The b43_pci_bridge
> code is needed for the b43{legacy} drivers, but for the
> b44, only the "ssb pci core" is needed.

Hate to stick my head into this beehive, but...

I have a patch queued (the-scheduled-bcm43xx-removal.patch) which 
will remove this driver from 2.6.26.

Is that bad?
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