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| author | Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@gmail.com> | 2009-08-16 20:22:41 +0200 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-08-20 11:35:57 -0400 |
| commit | 86b2892a22a433e56e39e33bf353adc6cc4eabb2 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e8511c8ac87b48b914dda66302f3140c5f3615d /drivers/net/wireless | |
| parent | 7e4d8529921004014bef21a2031b6c3478339a2a (diff) | |
b43: LP-PHY: Remove BROKEN from B43_PHY_LP
Larry has reported success getting scan data with an LP-PHY device,
so it's probably time to release LP-PHY support for testing.
Also disable 802.11a support for now, as 802.11a currently causes
the driver to panic on startup (NULL pointer dereference).
Signed-off-by: Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig index 67f564e3722..237b1aadf9b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig @@ -80,16 +80,16 @@ config B43_NPHY SAY N. config B43_PHY_LP - bool "IEEE 802.11g LP-PHY support (BROKEN)" - depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN + bool "Support for low-power (LP-PHY) devices (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL ---help--- Support for the LP-PHY. - The LP-PHY is an IEEE 802.11g based PHY built into some notebooks - and embedded devices. - - THIS IS BROKEN AND DOES NOT WORK YET. + The LP-PHY is a low-power PHY built into some notebooks + and embedded devices. It supports 802.11a/g + (802.11a support is optional, and currently disabled). - SAY N. + This is heavily experimental, and probably will not work for you. + Say N unless you want to help debug the driver. # This config option automatically enables b43 LEDS support, # if it's possible. diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c index 99b41ce6848..c5bece09042 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c @@ -4514,7 +4514,9 @@ static int b43_wireless_core_attach(struct b43_wldev *dev) have_5ghz_phy = 1; break; case B43_PHYTYPE_LP: //FIXME not always! +#if 0 //FIXME enabling 5GHz causes a NULL pointer dereference have_5ghz_phy = 1; +#endif case B43_PHYTYPE_G: case B43_PHYTYPE_N: have_2ghz_phy = 1; |