Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.157]:3461 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758468Ab0FRLGB (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:06:01 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath5k: disable ASPM From: Maxim Levitsky To: Jussi Kivilinna Cc: ath5k-devel@lists.ath5k.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Bob Copeland , linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <20100618134930.124225d4fsi8w1fk@naisho.dyndns.info> References: <20100528100901.14580.1322.stgit@fate.lan> <1276806785.20754.8.camel@maxim-laptop> <20100618112026.17623g6uhdjk8hts@naisho.dyndns.info> <1276856142.9114.1.camel@maxim-laptop> <20100618134930.124225d4fsi8w1fk@naisho.dyndns.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:05:56 +0300 Message-ID: <1276859156.19554.2.camel@maxim-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 13:49 +0300, Jussi Kivilinna wrote: > Quoting "Maxim Levitsky" : > > >> (ok, I might switch back ath5k to work on this, but opening AAO is > >> pain.. on the other hand, I'm just user in this case and pretty > >> unwilling to work with dual-license) > > What do you mean? > > Patch I made uses GPL code from e1000e, but since ath5k is > dual-licensed so patch can't be accepted. So if I got it right, patch > has to be remade from scratch by someone who really knows about pci > registers etc. I don't, and learning this to fix something that is > already fixed in my point of view is waste of (my) time. Sure, regardless of licensing, this patch has to be redone (and e1000 with it) Best regards, Maxim Levitsky