netdev - Re: brcm80211 breakage..

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Date:	Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:23:11 +0100
From:	"Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@...omail.se>
To:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@...adcom.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...hat.com>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Subject: Re: brcm80211 breakage..

> > The brcmsmac driver is now using the bcma SPROM logic, which does not
> > recognize all chipsets that were functional prior to the switch. In
> > particular, the current code bails out on odd CRC errors in recent
> > Macbooks. This patch ignores those errors, with the argument that an
> > unrecognized SPROM should be treated similarly to a non-existing one.
> >
> 
> Not entirely correct. BCMA sprom logic is currently not used by
> brcmsmac, but it sure (as hell) makes sense to do so. Currently, the
> bcma SPROM logic is used in SoC chipsets (bcm47xx) and the b43 driver.

Let's change that to "bcma SPROM CRC check", then. With -rc2 just out, I
take it the patch will appear in -rc3?

Thanks,
Henrik
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