Re: [PATCH] Fix the bcm43xx driver breakage in 2.6.24/25.

From: John W. Linville
Date: Wed Feb 27 2008 - 15:36:40 EST


On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 09:26:34AM -0700, Larry Finger wrote:

> I have reviewed the above patches and tested them with what I believe to be
> most combinations. Everything worked and corrected the unintended
> consequence of breaking bcm43xx when b44 is included. I agree that these
> patches belong in 2.6.25 and stable (2.6.24). Of course, the problem goes
> away in 2.6.26.

I can't say I really like Alexey's patches, but I guess they are OK.
I think I like the "b43_pci_bridge as a module" option a little better,
but as Michael illustrated there are problems with that approach too.

I'll apply the patches.

John
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