netdev - Re: brcm80211 breakage..

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:10:42 +0100
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: brcm80211 breakage..

W dniu 12 stycznia 2012 08:08 użytkownik Rafał Miłecki
<zajec5@...il.com> napisał:
> Linus: is this possible for you to give b43 a chance? It has to be compiled with
> B43_BCMA
> B43_PHY_N
> Unfortunately you have to install firmware manually to get b43 working
> :( Howto is located at:
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
> ("Install b43-fwcutter" and "If you are using the b43 driver from 3.2
> kernel or newer:").
>
> b43 doesn't re-init bus devices, so this test will check if bcma is OK or not.

That probably will require blacklisting brcmsmac for a moment to
prevent bcma auto-loading it. Testing from cold-boot is recommended.

-- 
Rafał
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