[PATCH] b43: N-PHY: enable support for PHYs rev 3 and higher

[John W. Linville]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 10:08:36AM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 01/04/2011 09:50 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> > W dniu 21 grudnia 2010 21:29 użytkownik Rafał Miłecki
> > <zajec5 at gmail.com> napisał:
> >> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >> John: can we still make it for 2.6.38 merge? It was tested with 14e4:432b,
> >> support seems to be on the same level as for PHYs 1 and 2.
> > 
> > John, I dont see patches for rev3+ in wireless-testing. Any problems with them?
> > 
> > It means:
> > [PATCH 1/4] b43: use correct firmware for newer cores
> > [PATCH 2/4 v2] b43: N-PHY: implement radio 2056 init steps
> > [PATCH 3/4] b43: N-PHY: add init tables for 2056 radio
> > [PATCH 4/4] b43: N-PHY: avoid PHY hangs for rev 3 and 4
> > 
> > [PATCH 1/2] b43: N-PHY: use correct channel tables for rev4+
> > [PATCH 2/2 v2] b43: N-PHY: update 2056 radio on channel switch on rev3+
> > and this one.
> 
> John,
> 
> I have been testing these patches with a 14e4:432b device for at least two
> weeks. With them, the driver still does not handle WPA/WPA2 encryption and falls
> over with OFDM rates, but it is rock solid with WEP encryption and at 11 Mb/s.
> Rafał and I have some ideas why the limitations, but the holidays have
> interfered with debugging.
> 
> Larry

And with merging...

I hope to get caught-up soon.

John
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