Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]:12214 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752403AbZHCVea convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Aug 2009 17:34:30 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e21so1092455fga.17 for ; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:34:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200908032316.30237.mb@bu3sch.de> References: <4A7610AE.5000908@gmail.com> <69e28c910908031341n439384b4ned41f2983ab1de29@mail.gmail.com> <4A774F76.6020207@lwfinger.net> <200908032316.30237.mb@bu3sch.de> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 23:34:09 +0200 Message-ID: <69e28c910908031434q53fd7d6jb346f49927a634a7@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] b43: implement baseband init for LP-PHY <= rev1 To: Michael Buesch , Larry Finger Cc: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Monday 03 August 2009 22:58:30 Larry Finger wrote: >> G?bor states it the way the Broadcom routine is written. They have the >> flags divided into 3 16-bit values - high, middle, and low. The values >> are kept in arrays - one set is for the current band and the other is >> for both bands. When the routine is entered, the appropriate quantity >> is saved in a temporary, then the array value is maskset. Only when >> the resulting value changes is the shared memory location updated. The >> implication is that shared memory writes are expensive. Is that true? > > No. I think it has other reasons. > > -- > Greetings, Michael. > In that case, is the code correct: -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)