From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bu3sch.de ([62.75.166.246]:39914 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752451AbYIFSlq (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Sep 2008 14:41:46 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Fix failure in rate-adjustment mechanism Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:41:05 +0200 Cc: Larry Finger , John W Linville , Tim Gardner , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <48c2cd1a.pA60sTEK0WsW6wtt%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: <48c2cd1a.pA60sTEK0WsW6wtt%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200809062041.06035.mb@bu3sch.de> (sfid-20080906_204149_605477_EAD0EDFF) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. -- Greetings Michael.