Subject: Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY
From: Sean Hodges <seanhodges@bluebottle.com>
Reply-To: seanhodges@bluebottle.com
To: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de
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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:27:45 +0100
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Thanks for the repeated explanation, the offer remains when it might be
needed.

Sean


On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 18:58 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Thursday 21 August 2008 18:16:23 Sean Hodges wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 00:29 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > This is the first part for the rewrite of the b43 PHY API.
> > > This is needed in order to make development of N and LP code possible.
> > > 
> > > PLEASE TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST
> > > 
> > > Lots of testing on lots of different devices is needed to ensure this
> > > doesn't introduce regressions due to typos.
> > > 95% of the patch just moves large parts of the PHY code from one file
> > > to another. More move-patches will follow.
> > > 5% of the patch introduces an "ops" based PHY API.
> > > 
> > > Please test on all of your devices.
> > > 
> > > http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20080816-0023/patches/002-b43-phy-ops.patch
> > > Apply against wireless-testing.git
> > 
> > As a novice to driver development, is there some way I can help with
> > testing this?
> > 
> > I have no experience of driver development/testing, but have an N-PHY
> 
> To say it once again:
> Despite the fact that the subject of this email mentiones N and LP PHYs, it
> implements _nothing_ N and LP related. It just _prepares_ the code for the
> future when we will add N and LP stuff (and other PHY stuff. Also A/B/G related).
>