[LEDE-DEV] b43 support for AC chipsets like BCM4360 and BCM4352?

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Based on kernel activity, this driver is not under active development.

And yes, avoid.

On Tue, 2017-08-01 at 00:42 +0200, Baptiste Jonglez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As far as I can tell, the b43 driver does not support AC chipsets
> like
> BCM4352, BCM4360, BCM4366.  Support for these is marked BROKEN
> upstream.
> 
> This means that a few devices supported by LEDE actually have no
> wireless,
> for instance Archer C9 v1, ASUS RT-AC68U, maybe others.  Also, quite
> a lot
> of dual-band devices lack 5 GHz support, because BCM4360 seems to be
> quite
> popular as a second wireless chipset.
> 
> Is there any news regarding AC support in b43, and more generally
> b43-related activity, or should we just avoid these devices?
> 
> Thanks,
> Baptiste
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