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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] net: wireless: bcm43xx: big_buffer_sem semaphore to mutex
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    On Sunday 16 December 2007 03:30:16 Larry Finger wrote:
    > 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.

    This was about version 3 firmware vs version 4 firmware.
    I doubt the firmware makes any difference at all.

    --
    Greetings Michael.


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