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

Larry Finger Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net
Tue Jan 4 13:19:21 EST 2011


On 01/04/2011 12:11 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> 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.

I hope there are some rtlwifi/rtl8192ce updates there as well. I'll wait for
some new merges before I bug you about the specific patches.

Larry



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