Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi 3945 debug parameter should be writable via sysfs

[SL Baur]

On 4/21/08, Tomas Winkler <tomasw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:10 AM, SL Baur <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > Is there any reason why the debug parameter in the iwlwifi driver
>  >  should be read-only?

> it doesn't have any affect on debug output though.  This variable is
>  copied to to another one in pci proble
>  so unless you have 2 cards there is no use for it.
>  Run time debug output can be handled through debug_level sysfs entry
>  /sys/bus/pci/drivers/iwl4965/debug_level
>  Yet this will be changed as well to be per device instead of per driver

O.K.  The driver help recommended turning on debug for first time usage
and I was surprised when I didn't get any debug output.  And I see now
that /proc/bus/pci/drivers/iwl3945/debug_level *is* writable.  I'm lost in a
twisty maze of /sys directories, all subtlely different.

The driver itself works fine, but I'm having trouble getting decent speed out
of it, similar to the horrible performance I had under another operating
system, not quite as bad but still worse than a MacBook Pro.  Any clues on what
I can look for to see why it so relatively slow?  I'm going to put it to the WoW
test as soon as I can get a modern userland & Wine on the machine, it's running
RHEL 4 now.  The machine is a Lenovo T60.

-sb
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