Re: bcm43xx regression in 2.6.24 (with patch)

[Michael Buesch]

On Monday 25 February 2008 07:49:35 Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 08:16:17AM +0200, Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> > 
> > On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > > > The ony way I see this was possible, you manually changed the
> > > > module loading order, so that the b43xx module was loaded prior
> > > > to the ssb and b44 modules. Right?
> > > 
> > > Right. So "so I'm left with either no wifi or no ethenet" being wrong.
> > 
> > Lets make this simple: it used to work before and now it doesn't. 
> > Therefore it's a regression that must be addressed. Period.
> 
> Isn't the resolution Michael is suggesting is, "use the different driver"?

I have two resolutions. One being:
rmmod b44
rmmod ssb
modprobe bcm43xx
modprobe b44

The other being: Wait for 2.6.25 and use the maintained b43 driver.

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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