On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:59:22AM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> From: Roland Vossen <[email protected]>
> 
> bcm4716 (which includes 4717 & 4718), plus 4706 on PCIe can reorder
> transactions. As a fix, a read after write is performed on certain places
> in the code. Older chips and the newer 5357 family don't require this fix.
> 
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Reviewed-by: Henry Ptasinski <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Brett Rudley <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig                  |    8 ++++++++
>  .../staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/wlc_phy_cmn.c   |    4 ++--
>  drivers/staging/brcm80211/include/bcmutils.h       |   11 +++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig 
> b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig
> index f4cf9b2..a11ffc7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/Kconfig
> @@ -36,3 +36,11 @@ config BRCMDBG
>       depends on BRCMSMAC || BRCMFMAC
>       ---help---
>         Selecting this enables additional code for debug purposes.
> +
> +config BRCM_FIX_IO_ORDER
> +     bool "Broadcom I/O order fix"
> +     default n
> +     depends on BRCMSMAC
> +     ---help---
> +       Select this for for platforms running on bcm4706, 4716, 4717 or 4718.
> +       It resolves an I/O issue with the PCIe core used in these chips.

No, don't make a new kconfig option for something that everyone has to
enable as they don't know what they have on their system (think
universal kernels built by distros.)

Do this check dynamically, depending on the chip the driver is running
on, don't rely on a user to know what to do here.

So I'm not going to accept this patch, sorry.

greg k-h
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