linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ath5k: disable ASPM

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:59:20 -0400
From:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
To:	Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com>
Cc:	Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi>,
	ath5k-devel@...ts.ath5k.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...badil.infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath5k: disable ASPM

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@...il.com> wrote:
>> 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)

At any rate, Jussi, thanks a bundle for tracking it down.  I owe you a
beer, lots of bugs have been reported on these devices.

Maxim, this device was always broken in the same way, right?  Just
curious if anything made it worse recently.

-- 
Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
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