Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311
Am Montag, 18. August 2008 09:41:10 schrieb Holger Schurig: I know, which is one of the reasons I don't use a Debian-based distro. I want nothing to do with one whose stated goal is to make it so difficult to change the kernel that the users won't do it. Huh? I use make install modules_install from my kernel source dir (which I usually get via git) and that works fine, as in every distro on earth. And make-kpkg --revision 1 kernel-image isn't that much harder, either. You then get a .deb that you can install with dpkg like any other locally created package. It won't recompile everything if you don't change the revision. Simply don't complain about something you never tried... HS ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311
On Monday 18 August 2008 09:41:10 Holger Schurig wrote: I know, which is one of the reasons I don't use a Debian-based distro. I want nothing to do with one whose stated goal is to make it so difficult to change the kernel that the users won't do it. Huh? I use make install modules_install from my kernel source dir (which I usually get via git) and that works fine, as in every distro on earth. I can only second that. I simply ignore any distro specific kernel handling and override the grub/yaboot entries as I desire. I also ignore any rpm or deb for installing a kernel. I do it this way since the very beginning and it works fine on debian and non-debian distros. In general, I do always ignore the packet manager, but install custom compiled software in a specific directory so it does not interfere in any way with the distro packets. -- Greetings Michael. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311
On Sunday 17 August 2008 21:26:21 Ehud Gavron wrote: Works fine here. iperf same results as prior to patch. b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8 b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 Thanks a lot for testing. I want to encourage people again to test this patch. This really needs a lot of testing, because a regression caused by this would really really be a bad thing. Even if you think your card was already tested by somebody else, please test it anyway. There are so many different cards with matching revision numbers that really are slightly different. Get wireless-testing.git: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git and apply the patch http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20080816-0023/patches/002-b43-phy-ops.patch Please test basic features, throughput and longterm stability of the connection. -- Greetings Michael. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311
Holger Schurig wrote: Huh? I use make install modules_install from my kernel source dir (which I usually get via git) and that works fine, as in every distro on earth. Hehe, but I seldom use distro kernels, not even when I used Red Hat or Mandrake in old times :-) I tried that with Ubuntu 8.04 and the resulting kernel wouldn't boot. Only when I went through the process of making the .deb and installing that did the new kernel start properly. I didn't investigate it thoroughly as I was only testing one patch - I quickly fled back to openSUSE. Larry ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311
On Monday 18 August 2008, Larry Finger wrote: Holger Schurig wrote: Huh? I use make install modules_install from my kernel source dir (which I usually get via git) and that works fine, as in every distro on earth. Hehe, but I seldom use distro kernels, not even when I used Red Hat or Mandrake in old times :-) I tried that with Ubuntu 8.04 and the resulting kernel wouldn't boot. Only when I went through the process of making the .deb and installing that did the new kernel start properly. I didn't investigate it thoroughly as I was only testing one patch - I quickly fled back to openSUSE. Larry I've been doing that for years, Larry. I use a couple of scripts that I edit the version patch names in, one to build the src tree, and one to actually do the compile install, leaving me to edit grub.conf/menu.lst. I can fwd them if you like. Currently running 2.6.27-rc3, much smoother than any fedora released kernel. Which I did try for about 12 hours recently, just long enough for the nvidia driver to scribble all over the system and when I had re-installed the radeon card, I had a goodly amount of my .kde to recover from amanda's carefully kept backups. !*%$^%@ nvidia crap drivers. -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Measure with a micrometer. Mark with chalk. Cut with an axe. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311
Works fine here. iperf same results as prior to patch. b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8 b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 2.6.27-rc2-wl on Ubuntu 8.04 (don't even ask how long it takes to build a new kernel and create a debian package and install it...) Ehud Michael Buesch wrote: This is the first part for the rewrite of the b43 PHY API. This is needed in order to make development of N and LP code possible. PLEASE TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST Lots of testing on lots of different devices is needed to ensure this doesn't introduce regressions due to typos. 95% of the patch just moves large parts of the PHY code from one file to another. More move-patches will follow. 5% of the patch introduces an ops based PHY API. Please test on all of your devices. http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20080816-0023/patches/002-b43-phy-ops.patch Apply against wireless-testing.git (Not attached to the mail, as it is really big) ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311
Ehud Gavron wrote: Works fine here. iperf same results as prior to patch. b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8 b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 2.6.27-rc2-wl on Ubuntu 8.04 (don't even ask how long it takes to build a new kernel and create a debian package and install it...) I know, which is one of the reasons I don't use a Debian-based distro. I want nothing to do with one whose stated goal is to make it so difficult to change the kernel that the users won't do it. Larry ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
