linux-kernel - Re: rt2500pci: false alarm (was rt2500pci_bbp_read: Error

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Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:25:44 +0200
From:	Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>
To:	"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rt2500pci: false alarm (was rt2500pci_bbp_read: Error - BBPCSR register busy. Read failed)

On Tuesday 19 August 2008, Alex Riesen wrote:
> 2008/8/19 Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@...il.com>:
> > 2008/8/19 Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>:
> >>> The rt2500 driver in 2.6.27-rc3 (v2.6.27-rc3-552-g3c3a15a) constantly
> >>> produces a lot of this messages in log (slowdown quite noticable):
> >>>
> >>>     kernel: phy0 -> rt2500pci_bbp_read: Error - BBPCSR register busy. Read failed.
> >
> > It surely did, but I honestly don't remember what with. I'll try to bisect.
> >
> 
> Ok, it _is_ the hardware. Precisely: it is a dusty box in a dark humid corner.
> I reseated the card and suddenly everything started working.
> 
> I'm really sorry. The error description was actually a very good
> hint at the problem.

Well good to hear that at least the card itself isn't broken and it was
only a matter of moving the card a bit to make it work. :)

Ivo
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