[PATCH] b43: remove warning for LP-PHY with sprom < 8

[Hauke Mehrtens]

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On 03/23/2013 06:47 PM, Christian Klein wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 08:28:40PM +0100, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
>> The BCM5354 SoC has a build in ieee80211 core rev 13 with a
>> LP-PHY on it. This devices has a sprom version 3 stored in the
>> nvram. This patch removes the warning and uses the opo values
>> from the sprom as mentioned in the specs.
> 
> Hello Hauke,
> 
> thanks for the patch. I tried it on my Asus WL-520GU with BCM5354
> SoC. As expected, the warning goes away. But the router still
> becomes unstable as soon as I start WIFI. I tried both the 666.2
> and the 410.2160 firmware, but the results are the same. As soon as
> WIFI starts, the system becomes so unresponsive that it seems like
> it crashed. However, a previously started dmesg in a "while true"
> loop still works for some time, albeit it responds very slowly.
> After a few minutes the router will reset.
> 
> With 666.2, the oom-killer kicks in, too. I didn't see this in the
> dmesg with the 410.2160 firmware, but it may just be that the dmesg
> process died.
> 
> I attached the dmesg output for both cases. I'd be happy to provide
> more help in debugging and fixing this issue.
> 
The Asus WL-520GU just has very little memory I think that's the
problem. This patch just removes the warning, but I do not think it
will improve anything.

Hauke
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