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

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Message-Id: <200802251054.57070.mb@bu3sch.de>
Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:54:56 +0100
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alexey Zaytsev <zaytsev.a@...tei.ru>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch)

On Monday 25 February 2008 07:49:35 Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 08:16:17AM +0200, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> > 
> > On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > > The ony way I see this was possible, you manually changed the
> > > > module loading order, so that the b43xx module was loaded prior
> > > > to the ssb and b44 modules. Right?
> > > 
> > > Right. So "so I'm left with either no wifi or no ethenet" being wrong.
> > 
> > Lets make this simple: it used to work before and now it doesn't. 
> > Therefore it's a regression that must be addressed. Period.
> 
> Isn't the resolution Michael is suggesting is, "use the different driver"?

I have two resolutions. One being:
rmmod b44
rmmod ssb
modprobe bcm43xx
modprobe b44

The other being: Wait for 2.6.25 and use the maintained b43 driver.

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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