On Sunday 16 August 2009 20:22:41 Gábor Stefanik wrote: > Larry has reported success getting scan data with an LP-PHY device, > so it's probably time to release LP-PHY support for testing. > > Also disable 802.11a support for now, as 802.11a currently causes > the driver to panic on startup (NULL pointer dereference). > > Signed-off-by: Gábor Stefanik <[email protected]>
ack > --- > V2: > -Remove "VERY" from the warning in the symbol name. > -Remove list of known devices. > -Don't create a separate symbol for 5GHz, just disable it in the code. > > drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig | 14 +++++++------- > drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig > b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig > index 67f564e..237b1aa 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig > @@ -80,16 +80,16 @@ config B43_NPHY > SAY N. > > config B43_PHY_LP > - bool "IEEE 802.11g LP-PHY support (BROKEN)" > - depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN > + bool "Support for low-power (LP-PHY) devices (EXPERIMENTAL)" > + depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL > ---help--- > Support for the LP-PHY. > - The LP-PHY is an IEEE 802.11g based PHY built into some notebooks > - and embedded devices. > - > - THIS IS BROKEN AND DOES NOT WORK YET. > + The LP-PHY is a low-power PHY built into some notebooks > + and embedded devices. It supports 802.11a/g > + (802.11a support is optional, and currently disabled). > > - SAY N. > + This is heavily experimental, and probably will not work for you. > + Say N unless you want to help debug the driver. > > # This config option automatically enables b43 LEDS support, > # if it's possible. > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c > index 99b41ce..c5bece0 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c > @@ -4514,7 +4514,9 @@ static int b43_wireless_core_attach(struct b43_wldev > *dev) > have_5ghz_phy = 1; > break; > case B43_PHYTYPE_LP: //FIXME not always! > +#if 0 //FIXME enabling 5GHz causes a NULL pointer dereference > have_5ghz_phy = 1; > +#endif > case B43_PHYTYPE_G: > case B43_PHYTYPE_N: > have_2ghz_phy = 1; -- Greetings, Michael. _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
