netdev - Re: [PATCH] bcma: don't fail for bad SPROM CRC

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Message-ID: <CACna6rwqO73a0G=AQhTVCm=KeLRgjgc5ohJ_B8Z4T9Y-6ZTwMg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:08:51 +0100
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	"Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcma: don't fail for bad SPROM CRC

2012/2/6 Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>:
> The brcmsmac driver is now checking the bcma SPROM CRCs, leaving some
> chipsets unrecognized that were functional prior to the switch. In
> particular, the current code bails out on recent Macbooks. This patch
> simply ignores the outcome of the CRC check, with the argument that an
> unrecognized SPROM should be treated similarly to a non-existing one.

Have you maybe tried to look at the real solution?

-- 
Rafał
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