netdev - Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix code for spec changes of 2/7/2007

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Message-Id: <1171552753.5220.10.camel@johannes.berg>
Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:19:13 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Joseph Jezak <josejx@...too.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>,
	Bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de,
	Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix code for spec changes of 2/7/2007

On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 16:13 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Thursday 15 February 2007 16:07, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 22:40 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 14:18, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 06:55 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > It's likely that old cards still work with v4 firmware,
> > > > 
> > > > No, it's absolutely impossible. Rev 2/4 cores have a totally different
> > > > instruction set in the microcode.
> > > 
> > > Ok, I was not talking about _that_ old cards. ;)
> > 
> > Are there cards where they have new microcode instruction set but no v4
> > firmware?
> 
> I don't know. I guessed so. Am I wrong? That would be good :)

I wouldn't think so since we have rev5 v4 firmware and that should be
the oldest post-rev4 right?

johannes

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