[PATCH] b43: fix extpa_gain check for 2GHz

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> writes:

> On 07/30/2015 08:54 AM, Rafa? Mi?ecki wrote:
>> On 30 July 2015 at 07:40, Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>>> Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> On the 2GHz and and on the 5GHZ band only the extpa_gain setting from
>>>> the 5GHz band was checked. this patch makes it check the property from
>>>> the correct band.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
>>>
>>> Is this a regression? If yes, please add a Fixes line.
>>>
>>> Should this go to 4.2?
>> 
>> Not a regression. It's like this for a loooong time.
>> 
>> AFAIK PCI(e) cards don't have external power amplifier, so this code
>> is most likely used for some fancy SoCs only. There are 3 known SoCs
>> with N-PHY rev 5 or 6: BCM4717A1, BCM4718A1 & BCM4716B0.
>> 
>> So we may consider taking it for 4.2 without any "Fixes: " line but I
>> wouldn't care too much about Cc-ing stable.
>> 
>> Hauke: do you agree?
>
> Yes, I do not have a device I know of which is affected by this error, I
> just saw this while looking at code close by. Just put this into the
> next Linux version and not to stable.

Ok, I'll send this to 4.2.

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Kalle Valo