2.6.24.3-50, b43: accidental patch ??

[sean darcy]

John W. Linville wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 11:10:26AM -0400, sean darcy wrote:
>> John W. Linville wrote:
> 
>>> No accident -- the wireless bits in Fedora kernels are quite a bit
>>> ahead of their nominal base version.  Generally, they are synced with
>>> the upstream wireless trees.
>>>
>>> John
>> OK. But then I'm back to my original question: why all those
>>
>> Apr  1 11:03:56 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
>> Apr  1 11:04:03 notebook kernel: printk: 26 messages suppressed.
>>
>> in /var/log/messages?
>  
> No idea.
> 
>> Or if we're supposed to use the old 4.80.53 firmware, why the deprecated 
>> message?
> 
> Both firmwares are currently supported.  The message is to encourage
> you to prepare for the future.  That is pretty much what "deprecated"
> means. :-)
> 
>> The upstream list probably won't respond: they obviously think only a 
>> portion of the new driver was included - not the whole thing.
> 
> They should pull their ears past their sphincters...
> 
> John

Still there in 2.6.24.4-64.fc8. I'll bugzilla it.

sean