Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.116]:44716 "EHLO mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754564AbXLLHtn (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:49:43 -0500 Message-ID: <475F926C.2000003@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20071212_074947_201736_5C8E4577) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:49:00 -0800 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Buesch CC: Stefano Brivio , Joseph Jezak , Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Fix for broken transmission References: <200712111343.50943.mb@bu3sch.de> <200712111622.54086.mb@bu3sch.de> In-Reply-To: <200712111622.54086.mb@bu3sch.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Michael Buesch wrote: > On Tuesday 11 December 2007 13:43:50 Michael Buesch wrote: >> This patch fixes the transmission problems introduced by >> commit f04b3787bbce4567e28069a9ec97dcd804626ac7 >> >> It depends on >> [PATCH] b43: Fix ofdmtab write regression >> >> I'm not sure if the dummy read is really required. >> The old code does it. I think it can't hurt and can possibly >> fix some write posting problems (hardware bugs or whatever. Who knows). >> >> Please test this. >> >> NOT-signed-off-by: Michael Buesch > > Here's an updated version that should fix even more bugs: > http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-2.6/20071211-1622/patches/005-b43-fix-init-rewrite-breakage.patch This patch (and its predecessor) seem to make transmission at the OFDM rates a bit more reliable on my BCM4311/2 card. Larry