From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:22:22 +0100 Subject: Request for bisecting DMA partial fix In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org W dniu 8 listopada 2010 20:42 u?ytkownik Rafa? Mi?ecki napisa?: > We are quite sure that some patch than gone into mainline between > 2.6.34 and 2.6.35 partially fixed DMA errors. It was not b43-specific > fix and it probably wasn't commited via wireless-testing. > > The problem is this fix was only partial, under high transfer this is > still noticeable. I think the shortest way to understand this and fix > it totally is to find commit that partially fixed DMA errors. > > So we need someone with: > 1) Machine that throws DMA errors on 2.6.34 and works noticeably > better with 2.6.35 > 2) Time to bisect commit > 3) Basic kernel building skills (however I believe we can help in case > of problems) > > I believe bisecting has to be done on Linus's tree, between mentioned kernels. > > So is there anyone around who could handle this task? Anyone? Please? -- Rafa?