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

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Message-ID: <20120206173532.GA5692@polaris.bitmath.org>
Date:	Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:35:32 +0100
From:	"Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@...omail.se>
To:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
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

On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 06:08:51PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> 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?

No, this is a pure regression fix.

Henrik
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