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Date:      Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:45:53 +0300
From:      Alex Keda <admin@lissyara.su>
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: About bwi
Message-ID:  <49A71BA1.7000800@lissyara.su>
In-Reply-To: <49A70E10.4060708@freebsd.org>
References:  <49A701DF.5070109@lissyara.su>	<3c1674c90902261300x6dd5f21bja58ecf214bcfb644@mail.gmail.com> <49A70508.20100@lissyara.su> <49A70E10.4060708@freebsd.org>

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Sam Leffler пишет:
> Alex Keda wrote:
>> Kip Macy пишет:
>>> Someone needs to be there to maintain it. To the best of my knowledge
>>> no one appropriate has stepped forward.
>> And what exactly should be supported?
>> He finished - nothing more to do.
>>
>> no way to develop a driver.
>> the new cards have to write a new driver.
>
> The driver has many known issues and limitations. Without someone 
> willing to respond to user questions, update the code and test, etc. 
> committing the driver ends up causing more frustration and ill-will 
> than leaving it outside the tree. This is a lesson we've learned many 
> times--people encounter a broken driver and draw incorrect assumptions 
> about the system as a whole. Unfortunately noone has stepped up to own 
> the driver; trust me I've asked many times for someone.
All who test it - do it with lastest BroadCom cards.
It driver for *OLD* cards. Need delete last MAC revision, I post patch 
in forum.
bwimac.c

|-/* MAC */static const uint8_t bwi_sup_macrev[] = { 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 };
+/* MAC */static const uint8_t bwi_sup_macrev[] = { 2, 4, 5 };|

For revision > |5| - need another driver!



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