Igor Korot wrote: > Larry, > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Sep 25, 2006 9:53 PM >> To: Igor Korot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Card for testing >> >> Igor Korot wrote: >>> Larry, >>> >>> >>> Well, let me try this one first. If it will run OK, then we can stop right >>> here. If not, then... >>> see below. >>> Also, is this an intermitent problem - sometimes it works, sometimes - >>> doesn't? >> No - the standard code cannot access the registers of a PCI-E device. > > OK. > >>> I can try to install the gentoo-sources 2.6.18, which is marked as "not >>> stable" at the moment, along >>> with the patch mentioned. Or maybe I can apply it to my 2.6.17 first? >>> But I'd rather start with the 10-pcs patchset on my current kernel. >>> Also, according to the JoseJX (I'm guessing the maintainer of the driver), >>> the patchset will be >>> incorporated into the later kernels. So, we are not losing anything... >> By all means, try Stefano's 10-piece set. If that works, we will know more, >> but I'm not sure. > > Before doing that, just to be absoplutely sure I didn't miss anything... > This is what I have in my kernel: > > CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y > # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is not set > # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set > > Do I need the last one "on"? > Yes, there is also a report of one person that has it's working from the > thread mentioned > with the 10-pcs. patch. But it's one person only, and I want to try it mostly > because > we might know more from this.
Yes. I have HOTPLUG_PCI set. >> My patch will not apply to 2.6.17. I'm not sure why Gentoo calls 2.6.18 "not >> stable". There are >> problems with the bcm43xx driver in the vanilla code, but my patch fixes all >> of them. Once you apply >> the patch, you will essentially be running the 2.6.19 version of bcm43xx. > > My guess is that Gentoo devs might introduce something and need to test more > the behavior > of the kernel. And again, I am running gentoo-sources kernel, which is, > ASAIU, vanilla plus > some gentoo fixes. At least I got this understanding from the Gentoo > Installation Guide. > Anyway, like I said, I will apply his patch to my 2.6.17 stable gentoo > kernel, and then > will upgrade to the next one and will pach it accordingly. > >> Actually, I'm the maintainer of bcm43xx-softmac and the reason I'm looking >> for testers is to prove >> the quality of the PCI-E patches. Yes, I'm hoping to get them into 2.6.19 >> before it closes. > > OK, it is good to know. Now, I'd like to be more productive with the testing. > What kind of files/information you are looking for in order to check if it's > working? After you get a system built, I would like to see the output from the dmesg command, plus the output of an iwconfig command. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
