[RFC/RFT] b43: Fix PPC crash in rfkill polling on unload

2009-10-05 Thread Larry Finger
In Bugzilla No. 14181, a PowerMac G4 crashes on ifdown or module unload because the rfkill polling has not been stopped. For the x86 architectures, the attempt to reach a now unmapped register is not fatal as it is on PPC. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger larry.fin...@lwfinger.net --- Michael, Does

14e4:4315 DMA Errors (still)

2009-10-05 Thread fred99
Hi Folks -- I've read in the archives about DMA errors with the LP-PHY, but there didn't seem to be any conclusion. Any guidance on what I can test to get it working? It's reproducable on my Lenovo G530 laptop. (Yes, I know forcing PIO works for others, and it works for me too, but I'd

[PATCH] b43: Protect sanity check against physical device removal

2009-10-05 Thread Michael Buesch
Fix IRQ mask sanity check for physically pulled device. Tested-by: Andrew Price a...@andrewprice.me.uk Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch m...@bu3sch.de --- drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c |4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) ---

Re: 14e4:4315 DMA Errors (still)

2009-10-05 Thread Gábor Stefanik
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:04 PM, fre...@carolina.rr.com wrote: Hi Folks -- I've read in the archives about DMA errors with the LP-PHY, but there didn't seem to be any conclusion.  Any guidance on what I can test to get it working? It's reproducable on my Lenovo G530 laptop.  (Yes, I know