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author | Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@gmail.com> | 2009-08-16 14:22:41 -0400 |
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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/b43 | |
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/b43')
-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 67f564e37225..237b1aadf9b6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig | |||
@@ -80,16 +80,16 @@ config B43_NPHY | |||
80 | SAY N. | 80 | SAY N. |
81 | 81 | ||
82 | config B43_PHY_LP | 82 | config B43_PHY_LP |
83 | bool "IEEE 802.11g LP-PHY support (BROKEN)" | 83 | bool "Support for low-power (LP-PHY) devices (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
84 | depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN | 84 | depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL |
85 | ---help--- | 85 | ---help--- |
86 | Support for the LP-PHY. | 86 | Support for the LP-PHY. |
87 | The LP-PHY is an IEEE 802.11g based PHY built into some notebooks | 87 | The LP-PHY is a low-power PHY built into some notebooks |
88 | and embedded devices. | 88 | and embedded devices. It supports 802.11a/g |
89 | 89 | (802.11a support is optional, and currently disabled). | |
90 | THIS IS BROKEN AND DOES NOT WORK YET. | ||
91 | 90 | ||
92 | SAY N. | 91 | This is heavily experimental, and probably will not work for you. |
92 | Say N unless you want to help debug the driver. | ||
93 | 93 | ||
94 | # This config option automatically enables b43 LEDS support, | 94 | # This config option automatically enables b43 LEDS support, |
95 | # if it's possible. | 95 | # if it's possible. |
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c index 99b41ce6848b..c5bece090420 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) | |||
4514 | have_5ghz_phy = 1; | 4514 | have_5ghz_phy = 1; |
4515 | break; | 4515 | break; |
4516 | case B43_PHYTYPE_LP: //FIXME not always! | 4516 | case B43_PHYTYPE_LP: //FIXME not always! |
4517 | #if 0 //FIXME enabling 5GHz causes a NULL pointer dereference | ||
4517 | have_5ghz_phy = 1; | 4518 | have_5ghz_phy = 1; |
4519 | #endif | ||
4518 | case B43_PHYTYPE_G: | 4520 | case B43_PHYTYPE_G: |
4519 | case B43_PHYTYPE_N: | 4521 | case B43_PHYTYPE_N: |
4520 | have_2ghz_phy = 1; | 4522 | have_2ghz_phy = 1; |