Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch)

Michael Buesch
2008-02-28T23:15:38Z

On Thursday 28 February 2008 23:48:48 Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 February 2008 23:41:55 Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 26 February 2008 23:12:32 Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
> > > > > Yeah, seems so. But if you are willing to test an adjusted version, I can
> > > > > probably do a backported version of this patch.
> > > > > This patch is well tested and does the right thing, so I'm willing to sign
> > > > > off a backported version of this.
> > > > > First need to find the place in the old phy.c code that matches the new wa.c code.
> > > > >
> > > > I'll do the testing.
> > >
> > > Index: linux-2.6.24.3/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-2.6.24.3.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c 2008-02-26 23:39:39.000000000 +0100
> > > +++ linux-2.6.24.3/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c 2008-02-26 23:39:43.000000000 +0100
> > > @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void op64_fill_descriptor(struct
> > > addrhi = (((u64) dmaaddr >> 32) & ~SSB_DMA_TRANSLATION_MASK);
> > > addrext = (((u64) dmaaddr >> 32) & SSB_DMA_TRANSLATION_MASK)
> > [snip]
> >
> > So are you actually going to do this anytime soon?
> >
>
> Sorry for the delay. Yes, it worked fine.

Fine :)

> Btw, when booting the system with the b43 driver, I get a
> ~30 socond delay after the boot scripts report
> "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated" and all the modules
> get loaded. Is this something expected?

No. Probably firmware related.

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Greetings Michael.