[PATCH] b43: warn when forcing PIO mode

Gregory Bellier gregory.bellier at gmail.com
Tue Aug 16 07:53:42 EDT 2011


2011/8/16 Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com>

> We have resolved all the known issues with DMA mode, however some users
> (or distros) are still forcing PIO mode by config files. Without
> debugging enabled it's not noticable at all. Add the warning for them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c |    9 +++++++--
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
> index 1adadc8..e0b1156 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
> @@ -4636,8 +4636,13 @@ static int b43_wireless_core_init(struct b43_wldev
> *dev)
>        b43_shm_write16(dev, B43_SHM_SCRATCH, B43_SHM_SC_MAXCONT, 0x3FF);
>
>        if (b43_bus_host_is_pcmcia(dev->dev) ||
> -           b43_bus_host_is_sdio(dev->dev) ||
> -           dev->use_pio) {
> +           b43_bus_host_is_sdio(dev->dev)) {
> +               dev->__using_pio_transfers = 1;
> +               err = b43_pio_init(dev);
> +       } else if (dev->use_pio) {
> +               b43warn(dev->wl, "Forced PIO by use_pio module paramater. "
>

I guess you meant "parameter".


> +                       "This should not be needed and will result in lower
> "
> +                       "performance.\n");
>                dev->__using_pio_transfers = 1;
>                err = b43_pio_init(dev);
>        } else {
> --
> 1.7.3.4
>
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