Re: 2.6.28-rc regression: Can't stop Rx DMA

[Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:10:52AM -0700, reinette chatre wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 17:27 -0700, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > With CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY=y, both the old and the new firmware
> > works. Without, only the old firmware works.
> 
> (I assume you mean "only the new firmware works")

yes, sorry for the confusion.

> > I'd think that at least the error message could be clarified a bit
> > (is it really a "Microcode SW error"?)... also, it might be a corner case
> > whether the new firmware would better be called -2 because of this
> > incompatibility?
> 
> We can do away with the error message with a driver change. This patch
> should take care of it:

but could we get a more meaningful error message instead? Such as "No
regulartory information found -- therefore the microcode fails to cooperate
with you! Either use iw available at ... or recompile with
CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY set to yes." ?

Thanks,
	Dominik