[haiku-development] Re: broadcom43xx
- From: Fredrik Modèen <fredrik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 15:11:20 +0100 (CET)
> Hi,
>
> Fredrik Modèen писал 28.02.2012 17:38:
>> As there are both BWI and BWN for broadcom43XX chip how chould this
>> be
>> handle?
>>
>> Make a new broadcom43xxN? Would a new name for BWN be ok?
>
> Note that freebsd compat libs are statically linked so introducing the
> new driver you increase the resulting image for 100 kilobytes in case of
> ethernet or 400 kilobytes in case wi-fi driver. :-(
>
>> Another way would be to integrate them (think we have diskussed this
>> before but with another driver :))
>
> Look into dec21xx glue code implementation. It integrated both "dc" and
> "de" ethernet drivers into single Haiku driver. May be the same trick
> can help for wi-fi ones too.
Will have a look on that.
Problem are that it uses seprate firmware, but thats perhaps not a problem :)
>
> --
> Kind Regards,
> S.Zharski
>
>
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MVH
Fredrik Modèen
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