Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2350 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423154AbXBIAoa (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:44:30 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 19:05:44 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: "Jory A. Pratt" Cc: Larry Finger , Broadcom Linux , wireless , Michael Buesch Subject: Re: RFT bcm43xx: Really _GOOD_ news Message-ID: <20070209000544.GC6303@tuxdriver.com> References: <45C8E64B.1050605@lwfinger.net> <45CB69EE.4000102@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <45CB69EE.4000102@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 12:20:30PM -0600, Jory A. Pratt wrote: > 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. > I have tested this until I am blue in the face on a 4318. It killed me, > I was getting less then 200k/b a sec on a 5M pipe :(. I reverted the > patch and all is back to working even tho transfering files on the > internal network is still way out there. Jory, Have you tried the patch Larry posted yesterday w/ subject "RFT: The real fix for BCM4311 and BCM4312"? Thanks, John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com