linux-kernel - Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch)

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Date:	Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:17:20 +0300
From:	"Alexey Zaytsev" <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com>
To:	"Pekka J Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, "Michael Buesch" <mb@...sch.de>,
	"Alexey Zaytsev" <zaytsev.a@...tei.ru>, "Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linville@...driver.com, davem@...set.davemloft.net
Subject: Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch)

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Hi Alexey,
>
>
>  On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
>
> > >  So does reverting commit 753f492093da7a40141bfe083073400f518f4c68
>  > >  ("[B44]: port to native ssb support") fix the regression?
>  > >
>
>
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008, Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
>  > Compiling it right now.
>  >
>  > I'm sure it fixes the problem, but I don't feel like we should revert
>  > it. I can't
>  > be sure it won't cause any other problems, and anyway, this does not look
>  > right a solution. Any other driver (rightfully) requiring the SSB_HOST would
>  > then also break the bcm43xx driver.
>  >
>  > I'll send an simplified patch in a few minutes.
>
>  The point here is that it's Michael's patch and I don't want to start
>  blaming anyone until you've verified it actually broke your setup. And if
>  the problem was actually caused by that patch, Michael needs to either ACK
>  your patch or fix it himself.

Yes, the problem was caused by this patch. With it reverted, I've got
both ethernet
and wifi working.

>
>                         Pekka
>
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