From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.177]:6825 "EHLO ik-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754319AbYHSU1W (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:27:22 -0400 Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c28so99745ika.5 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:27:21 -0700 (PDT) To: "Alex Riesen" Subject: Re: rt2500pci: false alarm (was rt2500pci_bbp_read: Error - BBPCSR register busy. Read failed) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:25:44 +0200 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <81b0412b0808191208y6bef9187nc57fa74c08a92d54@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0808191208y6bef9187nc57fa74c08a92d54@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <200808192225.45030.IvDoorn@gmail.com> (sfid-20080819_222728_151671_945C726E) From: Ivo van Doorn Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday 19 August 2008, Alex Riesen wrote: > 2008/8/19 Alex Riesen : > > 2008/8/19 Ivo van Doorn : > >>> The rt2500 driver in 2.6.27-rc3 (v2.6.27-rc3-552-g3c3a15a) constantly > >>> produces a lot of this messages in log (slowdown quite noticable): > >>> > >>> kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_bbp_read: Error - BBPCSR register busy. Read failed. > > > > It surely did, but I honestly don't remember what with. I'll try to bisect. > > > > Ok, it _is_ the hardware. Precisely: it is a dusty box in a dark humid corner. > I reseated the card and suddenly everything started working. > > I'm really sorry. The error description was actually a very good > hint at the problem. Well good to hear that at least the card itself isn't broken and it was only a matter of moving the card a bit to make it work. :) Ivo