[RFC/RFT] b43: A fix for DMA transmission sequence errors

ISE Development isedev at gmail.com
Wed Mar 20 07:26:23 EDT 2013


On Friday 15 Mar 2013 11:48:42 Larry Finger wrote:
> On 03/15/2013 01:37 AM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> > OK, so after early tests, this card doesn't support full-addressing at
> > all.
> > 
> > I'll give this patch a try during the weekend.
> 
> Please follow Michael's suggestion, and change
> 
> 		if (slot == firstused + 2) {
> 
> into
> 
> 		if (slot == next_slot(ring, next_slot(ring, firstused))) {
> 
> This change is needed just in case "firstused + 2" wraps around.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Larry

Did you get a chance to validate this patch?

So far on my system, it has been running for over week without problems (over 
15GB of traffic).

Iestyn.



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