Re: [PATCH] b43: Fix hardware key index handling

[Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>]

On Thursday 06 August 2009 16:29:58 Larry Finger wrote:
> Michael Buesch wrote:
> > This fixes the hardware encryption keys index and array size handling.
> > 
> > Thanks to Gregor Kowski for reporting this issue.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > This should probably go as a bugfix.
> > (Does this actually fix the PHY transmission errors? I don't see them anymore...
> > Note that you need to enable debugging to see them.)
> 
> I still see the PHY transmission errors.

Ah ok. I also have a new AP. Maybe that's why I'm not seeing it here. I'll try
later further away from the AP. That would show them again then...

> I had two of them and a "RX: 
> packet dropped" debug message within seconds of reloading b43 with
> this patch included.

Should be fine. This happens sometimes.
Connection and rekeying does work. (Rekeying might still break if there's
heavy traffic. But that bug always was there. I think it's related to mac80211's
key handling. I also saw it on intel wireless.)

-- 
Greetings, Michael.