From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3097 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755982AbYAJQVd (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:21:33 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:46:54 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Will Dyson Cc: Ivo van Doorn , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, rt2400-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Rt2400-devel] Please pull 'upstream' branch of rt2x00 Message-ID: <20080110154654.GC3109@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20080110_162137_528267_F9180828) References: <200801062337.35904.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <8e6f94720801100352t615025b6j1c2cc0081626fee5@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <8e6f94720801100352t615025b6j1c2cc0081626fee5@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 06:52:40AM -0500, Will Dyson wrote: > Hmm. Looking at Linus's tree, I can see that rt61pci is missing at > least 1 critical fix from Mattias Nissler that has been in > wireless-2.6 for a long time now. > > rt2x00: Allow rt61 to catch up after a missing tx report > > I'd be pretty disappointed if we released 2.6.24 without this. It is a > simple fix for a really obnoxious problem (although one that triggers > rarely on my hardware). This one can be cherry-picked fairly easily for 2.6.24. Ivo, any reason not to do that? > There are also a bunch of antenna selection fixes that never went > upstream. These are required for my card to operate well at rates > greater than 1Mbit, even when fairly close to the AP. Can you identify specific patches? If so I can evaluate whether they apply easily to 2.6.24 or if they need significant rework. Thanks, John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com