[RFT] BCM4312 users with DMA errors, please test!

[Gábor Stefanik]

2010/8/16 Arthur Moreira <arthur.moreira at gmail.com>:
> Ok, tks Gábor
>
> i will wait, i need much of this card working in monitor mode for
> tests and demonstration and my organization. i work with security in
> my city. and i dont want to plug another card, like usb ou pciexpreess
> card than a original embedded.
>
> if you need a help to tests and beta version of driver or modules
> call me
>
>
>               Arthur Moreira

Well, I post any testing requests on the list, so you will probably
see them here.

Also, please use the Reply to All button when replying to a list!

>
> 2010/8/16 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d at gmail.com>:
>> 2010/8/16 Arthur Moreira <arthur.moreira at gmail.com>:
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a BCM4353 card, with the  hybrid module  wl work fine to find
>>> and conect to networks.
>>> But, a want to put the card in monitor mode.
>>>
>>> (my card is a 802.11bgN mini card, in a dell vostro)
>>>
>>> this path will help me? and.. how to aply the path? the comand path $#
>>> < file    ???
>>> tks
>>>
>>>
>>>               Arthur Moreira
>>>
>>
>> No, this patch is only for BCM4312 devices, not the BCM43224 that you
>> have (there is no such thing as a "BCM4353" AFAIK - PCI device IDs
>> don't map directly to chip IDs!). Your card is an N-PHY, probably
>> revision 4 or 5 (you can see the revision by adding 14e4:4353 to the
>> list of PCI IDs in ssb, then looking for the "FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY"
>> line in dmesg). We are working on N-PHYs, revisions <=2 will likely be
>> usable soon; rev.3 and newer will take longer, however. (It is
>> possible that this patch will also be needed for N-PHYs if they show
>> similar DMA errors to the 4312, but it is certainly not enough to get
>> N-PHYs to work.)
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2010/8/16 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d at gmail.com>:
>>>> Hello Everyone!
>>>>
>>>> If you are experiencing DMA errors on a BCM4312, please test the
>>>> attached patch. It implements the PCI-E SERDES workaround, which the
>>>> hybrid driver is applying during early init to LP-PHY cards, and which
>>>> is a good candidate for the cause of the DMA error.
>>>> Note that this is not a final patch & it may cause collateral damage
>>>> for non-4312 cards; if it helps the 4312 problem, I will submit a
>>>> cleaned-up version.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Gábor
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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