Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:37:31 -0500
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: RFT bcm43xx: Really _GOOD_ news
In-reply-to: <45C8E64B.1050605@lwfinger.net>
To: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
	wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
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On Tuesday 06 February 2007 15:34, Larry Finger wrote:
>I have really _GOOD_ news!!!!! While reviewing the latest changes in the
> V4 specs, I found an interchange of the PHY version and PHY revision
> fields, relative to the current V3 specs. Of the three cards that I
> have, the 4306 had the same value for the PHY version and revision. In
> addition, it was the only card of the 3 thaw would work at 11Mbs. A
> light went on!
>
>After installing the patch listed below, both my 4318 and my 4311 will
> now run at 11Mbs. From tests with iperf, I now get rates of 6.1 - 6.5
> Mbs from all three.
>
>Larry
>

That's great Larry.  Now how long does it take to get this into a distro's 
update kernel queue?  Or do I have to build a kernel for my lappy, 
currently on FC5?

>==========
>
>Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
>===================================================================
>--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
>+++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
>@@ -3707,9 +3707,9 @@ static int bcm43xx_read_phyinfo(struct b
>
> 	value = bcm43xx_read16(bcm, BCM43xx_MMIO_PHY_VER);
>
>-	phy_version = (value & 0xF000) >> 12;
>+	phy_rev = (value & 0xF000) >> 12;
> 	phy_type = (value & 0x0F00) >> 8;
>-	phy_rev = (value & 0x000F);
>+	phy_version = (value & 0x000F);
>
> 	dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Detected PHY: Version: %x, Type %x, Revision
> %x\n", phy_version, phy_type, phy_rev);
>
>
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