Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:50625 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751099Ab1ADSPI (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:15:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:11:40 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Larry Finger Cc: =?utf-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43: N-PHY: enable support for PHYs rev 3 and higher Message-ID: <20110104181140.GC11333@tuxdriver.com> References: <1292963384-23684-1-git-send-email-zajec5@gmail.com> <4D234604.8010602@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: <4D234604.8010602@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 10:08:36AM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > On 01/04/2011 09:50 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote: > > W dniu 21 grudnia 2010 21:29 użytkownik Rafał Miłecki > > napisał: > >> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki > >> --- > >> John: can we still make it for 2.6.38 merge? It was tested with 14e4:432b, > >> support seems to be on the same level as for PHYs 1 and 2. > > > > John, I dont see patches for rev3+ in wireless-testing. Any problems with them? > > > > It means: > > [PATCH 1/4] b43: use correct firmware for newer cores > > [PATCH 2/4 v2] b43: N-PHY: implement radio 2056 init steps > > [PATCH 3/4] b43: N-PHY: add init tables for 2056 radio > > [PATCH 4/4] b43: N-PHY: avoid PHY hangs for rev 3 and 4 > > > > [PATCH 1/2] b43: N-PHY: use correct channel tables for rev4+ > > [PATCH 2/2 v2] b43: N-PHY: update 2056 radio on channel switch on rev3+ > > and this one. > > John, > > I have been testing these patches with a 14e4:432b device for at least two > weeks. With them, the driver still does not handle WPA/WPA2 encryption and falls > over with OFDM rates, but it is rock solid with WEP encryption and at 11 Mb/s. > Rafał and I have some ideas why the limitations, but the holidays have > interfered with debugging. > > Larry And with merging... I hope to get caught-up soon. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.