From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:50498 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753222AbYIGCCZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Sep 2008 22:02:25 -0400 Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 14:44:08 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Michael Buesch Cc: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, Larry Finger , Tim Gardner , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Fix failure in rate-adjustment mechanism Message-ID: <20080906184408.GA2923@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20080907_040255_674933_AA4ED665) References: <48c2cd1a.pA60sTEK0WsW6wtt%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <200809062041.06035.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200809062041.06035.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 08:41:05PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Saturday 06 September 2008 20:34:02 Larry Finger wrote: > > A coding error present since b43legacy was incorporated into the > > kernel has prevented the driver from using the rate-setting mechanism > > of mac80211. The driver has been forced to remain at a 1 Mb/s rate. > > Does version3 firmware have a different bitlayout for the status? > > > Although this is not strictly a regression, it is a bug. I hope > > it can be sent to 2.6.27. > > The new rules don't allow us to fix bugs after the merge window. > Only regressions. I imagine the powers that be would claim it isn't a new rule, but it is a new enforcement policy... John