linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bcma: use fallback sprom if no on chip sprom is available

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Message-ID: <4F8BDFE7.5070501@broadcom.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:01:27 +0200
From:	"Arend van Spriel" <arend@...adcom.com>
To:	"Hauke Mehrtens" <hauke@...ke-m.de>
cc:	"nbowler@...iptictech.com" <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	"linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"zajec5@...il.com" <zajec5@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcma: use fallback sprom if no on chip sprom is
 available

On 04/14/2012 02:38 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> bcma should check for a fallback sprom every time it can not find a
> sprom on the card itself or a normal external sprom mapped into the
> memory of the chip. When otp sprom support was introduced it tried to
> read out the sprom from the wireless chip also if no otp sprom was
> available. This caused a Data bus error in bcma_sprom_get() when
> reading out the sprom for the SoC.
>
> This fixes a regression introduced in commit:
>
> commit 10d8493cd9efd38b1947b7a74276dbdc8311aa1a
> Author: Arend van Spriel<arend@...adcom.com>
> Date:   Tue Mar 6 15:50:48 2012 +0100
>
>      bcma: add support for on-chip OTP memory used for SPROM storage
>
> This patch was tested on a Netgear WNDR3400 (Broadcom BCM4718 SoC).
>
> Reported-by: Nick Bowler<nbowler@...iptictech.com>

Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>

> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens<hauke@...ke-m.de>

Thanks for fixing this. I really need to get my bcm4718 soc up and 
running ;-)

Gr. AvS

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