From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Finger Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:28:12 -0500 Subject: Comments to b43's wiki page plus recent changes In-Reply-To: References: <4DFE8F51.9000203@lwfinger.net> Message-ID: <4DFE941C.7070702@lwfinger.net> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org On 06/19/2011 07:21 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki wrote: > W dniu 20 czerwca 2011 02:07 u?ytkownik Larry Finger > napisa?: >> On 06/19/2011 06:17 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki wrote: >>> >>> I'm getting uncomfortable with recent changes made to b43 wiki page >>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 >>> >>> First we got Stuart who felt it's necessary to explain that "partially >>> supported" on b43's page means it's "partially supported by b43". It >>> was so obvious to me I just reverted that change. He also linked to >>> some discussion with random BCM4322 issue on 2.6.38 kernel. Well, >>> support in 2.6.38 was highly experimental, it got many more issues, I >>> don't think it makes any sense to display all of them. 2.6.39 is >>> suggested, that's all. >>> >>> Today we got David Wang's modification. He wrote instruction how to >>> check if firmware was installed. I've no idea what's unclear with >>> messages like: >>> "Cannot open input file >>> broadcom-wl-5.10.56.27.3/driver/wl_apsta/wl_prebuilt.o" >>> "failed to create output directory: Permission denied" >>> ? >>> >>> Plus I found the following checks quite silly: >>> ls -1 "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR"| grep b43| wc -1 >>> ls -1 "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR"/b43| wc -l >>> "An output of>5 is good" >>> >>> It also adds twice info about LP-PHY which is already duplicated: >>>> >>>> Those of you who has bcm4315 (bcm4312 LP-PHY) and bcm4321 chipset, you >>>> will need to make sure you enable PIO mode as DMA mode does not work with >>>> your chipset. So instead of following the guide above you will need to do a >>>> few more extra steps: >>> >>> (We inform about LP-PHY and DMA problems in known issues). >>> >>> Additionally it provides not working right-away instruction about >>> switching to pio: >>>> >>>> modprobe -r b43 >>>> modprobe b43 pio=1 >>>> echo "options b43 pio=1">> /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf >>> >>> >>> Is it just me, or are that changes quite silly? >>> >>> Does anyone have contact to David Wang? He does not have his page on wiki. >> >> As my son in law keeps reminding me, "You cannot fix stupid." I'm always >> assuming he is not referring to me! :) >> >> Along a similar vein, the helpers on the openSUSE forums are consistently >> recommending that Broadcom users install wl and blacklist ssb and b43. I >> have given up trying to overcome that issue. I feel that if people fall for >> such bad info, then they deserve to have their wireless fail every time that >> the kernel is updated, and that kernel developers will ignore the oops >> reports coming from their tainted kernels. > > Thanks for answer. > > >> You know as much or more than anyone about b43. Please make any cleanups >> that you want on the wiki. > > Thanks, however I believe the worst thing is to assume "I do sth = I > set the rules" and stop listening to the others. That's why I > preferred to ask for opinion. Don't worry. We will keep you straight! Larry