Re: [git:v4l-dvb/master] ath9k: fix eeprom INI values override for 2GHz-only cards

Re: [git:v4l-dvb/master] ath9k: fix eeprom INI values override for 2GHz-only cards

[Pavel Roskin]

On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 15:28 +0100, Patch from Felix Fietkau wrote:
> From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
> 
> Among other changes, this commit:
> 
>    commit 06d0f0663e11cab4ec5f2c143a118d71a12fbbe9
>    Author: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
>    Date:   Thu Feb 12 10:06:45 2009 +0530
> 
>    ath9k: Enable Fractional N mode
> 
> changed the hw attach code to fix up initialization values only for
> dual band devices, however the commit message did not give a reason as
> to why this would be useful or necessary.
> 
> According to tests by Jorge Boncompte, this breaks at least some
> 2GHz-only cards, so the code should be changed back to the
> unconditional INI fixup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
> Reported-by: Jorge Boncompte <jorge@dti2.net>
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Tested-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

Why am I getting this message?  Is there any problem with the patch?  If
not, why should I care?

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin