Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch)

[Alexey Zaytsev]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 February 2008 23:41:55 Michael Buesch wrote:
>  > On Tuesday 26 February 2008 23:12:32 Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
>  > > >  Yeah, seems so. But if you are willing to test an adjusted version, I can
>  > > >  probably do a backported version of this patch.
>  > > >  This patch is well tested and does the right thing, so I'm willing to sign
>  > > >  off a backported version of this.
>  > > >  First need to find the place in the old phy.c code that matches the new wa.c code.
>  > > >
>  > > I'll do the testing.
>  >
>  > Index: linux-2.6.24.3/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
>  > ===================================================================
>  > --- linux-2.6.24.3.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c        2008-02-26 23:39:39.000000000 +0100
>  > +++ linux-2.6.24.3/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c     2008-02-26 23:39:43.000000000 +0100
>  > @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void op64_fill_descriptor(struct
>  >       addrhi = (((u64) dmaaddr >> 32) & ~SSB_DMA_TRANSLATION_MASK);
>  >       addrext = (((u64) dmaaddr >> 32) & SSB_DMA_TRANSLATION_MASK)
>  [snip]
>
>  So are you actually going to do this anytime soon?
>

Sorry for the delay. Yes, it worked fine.

Btw, when booting the system with the b43 driver, I get a
~30 socond delay after the boot scripts report
"Waiting for /dev to be fully populated" and all the modules
get loaded. Is this something expected?



>  --
>  Greetings Michael.
>
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