Ben Thompson <b...@thompson.org.uk> writes: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:46:38AM +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: >> >> I tell you the most nasty bugs are in firmware. Which we don't have >> >> sources for and don't know a way to update anyway. Blame Atheros. >> > >> > please may you elaborate a bit more? >> > How kernel ops are related to ar6000 firmware bugs? >> >> It's hard to be motivated to basically rewrite the driver if you know >> that the nastiest bugs will still be there. BTW, i have a "fix" for >> the bind/unbind problem, but not for the "ioctls to the device which >> is down". >> >> The driver was bad and now it's even in worse condition because of all >> the tweaking. Solving one race condition results in exposing >> another. The addition of rfkill support multiplied the possibilities >> even further... >> >> Currently (great thanks to Harald!) we're waiting another answer from >> Atheros but do not hold your breath. > > Does anyone know whether an answer to this ever came back from > Atheros?
Basically, Luis told several times he's trying to push it internally but it looks like he got nowhere. -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercer...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community