Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:40567 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753388AbYIIAhY (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2008 20:37:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Fix to enhance TX speed From: David Woodhouse To: gavron@wetwork.net Cc: "John W. Linville" , Michael Buesch , wireless , Broadcom Linux , Larry Finger In-Reply-To: <48C358C8.3080607@wetwork.net> References: <48C358C8.3080607@wetwork.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:37:23 -0500 Message-Id: <1220920643.5748.22.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> (sfid-20080909_023728_962253_C7E2F555) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, 2008-09-06 at 21:30 -0700, gavron@wetwork.net wrote: > Recent changes in the specifications have improved the performance > of the BCM4306/2 devices that use b43legacy as the driver. These > "errors" in the specs have been present from the very first > implementation of bcm43xx. I haven't verified any speed improvement, but certainly this patch (when applied on top of the Fedora 9 kernel) doesn't make my shinybook get bus errors, which has been a common problem when updating this part of the code to match the specs. -- David Woodhouse Open Source Technology Centre David.Woodhouse@intel.com Intel Corporation