[PATCH] b43: AC-PHY: prepare place for developing new PHY support
Kalle Valo <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.infradead.lists.b43-dev,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless |
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Rafa? Mi?ecki <[email protected]> writes: > There are new (not anymore?) Broadcom 802.11ac wireless cards based on > chipsets like BCM4352 and BCM4360. They use a new PHY type (called > simply AC) that will require new specific code. > > Signed-off-by: Rafa? Mi?ecki <[email protected]> > --- > > Kalle: as this commit & Kconfig say, this is just a beginning of new > PHY type support. In the past we used development model this patch > follows. Code for new PHY was added patch by patch. Adding everything > at once would require a huge patchset & development behing the doors. > Also sending small patches allows better review of changes & should > result in a better code quality. Let me know if there are any > problems. Sounds good to me. Just keep dependency to BROKEN until it's usable and make sure that the code compiles after every patch. -- Kalle Valo