On Tuesday 06 February 2007 15:34, Larry Finger wrote: >I have really _GOOD_ news!!!!! While reviewing the latest changes in the > V4 specs, I found an interchange of the PHY version and PHY revision > fields, relative to the current V3 specs. Of the three cards that I > have, the 4306 had the same value for the PHY version and revision. In > addition, it was the only card of the 3 thaw would work at 11Mbs. A > light went on! > >After installing the patch listed below, both my 4318 and my 4311 will > now run at 11Mbs. From tests with iperf, I now get rates of 6.1 - 6.5 > Mbs from all three. > >Larry >
That's great Larry. Now how long does it take to get this into a distro's update kernel queue? Or do I have to build a kernel for my lappy, currently on FC5? >========== > >Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c >=================================================================== >--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c >+++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c >@@ -3707,9 +3707,9 @@ static int bcm43xx_read_phyinfo(struct b > > value = bcm43xx_read16(bcm, BCM43xx_MMIO_PHY_VER); > >- phy_version = (value & 0xF000) >> 12; >+ phy_rev = (value & 0xF000) >> 12; > phy_type = (value & 0x0F00) >> 8; >- phy_rev = (value & 0x000F); >+ phy_version = (value & 0x000F); > > dprintk(KERN_INFO PFX "Detected PHY: Version: %x, Type %x, Revision > %x\n", phy_version, phy_type, phy_rev); > > >_______________________________________________ >Bcm43xx-dev mailing list >Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de >https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
