On 1/18/07, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those of you with cards having 30-bit DMA and >1 GB RAM, I think I have > good news. > > I added memory to bring my x86_64 machine up to 1.5 GB, and tricked the code > into thinking I had a > 30-bit interface rather than the 32-bit model it really is. The necessary > code changes were derived > from drivers/net/b44.c as this hardware has the same problem as bcm43xx. So > far this has only been > tested using my hardware, and I look forward to your reports. > > The patch is for 2.6.20-rc5. If it does not apply on your kernel version, > please let me know. > > Larry
Sorry it too me so long to test this, but all I have to say is "Golden!" It scans, it associates, it does tricks. And all this without a message about dropping down to PIO mode or panicing the kernel! It appears others have tested this already and so far all reports are positive. Time to push it to mainline? Tested with vanilla kernel 2.6.20-rc5 with only this patch. eMachines m6809 notebook with a bcm4306 rev03, 1.2GB RAM Thanks again, -Andrew (Sorry, Larry, as usual I clicked "reply" rather than "reply all"...) _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
