Return-path: Received: from mail-pw0-f42.google.com ([209.85.160.42]:39115 "EHLO mail-pw0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752507AbZKXFhr (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:37:47 -0500 Received: by pwi3 with SMTP id 3so3936542pwi.21 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:37:53 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4b0b2bfc.wTVOnoPYuzV3oG6G%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> References: <4b0b2bfc.wTVOnoPYuzV3oG6G%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:37:53 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Fix problem for PPC architecture noted in Red Hat Bugzilla #538523 From: Peter Lemenkov To: Larry Finger Cc: John W Linville , Michael Buesch , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello All! 2009/11/24 Larry Finger : > For PPC architecture with PHY Revision < 3, a read of the register > B43_MMIO_HWENABLED_LO will cause a CPU fault unless b43legacy_status() > returns a value of 2 (B43legacy_STAT_STARTED); however, one finds that > the driver is unable to associate after resuming from hibernation unless > this routine returns 1. To satisfy both conditions, the routine is rewritten > to return TRUE whenever b43legacy_status() returns a value < 2. > > This patch fixes the second problem listed in the postings for Red Hat > Bugzilla #538523. > > Signed-off-by: Larry Finger > Cc: Stable Seems that b43 has similar issue(s): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539267 -- With best regards, Peter Lemenkov.