Bas Vermeulen <[email protected]> writes: > A random (little endian eeprom'd) ar9278 card didn't work on my > PowerMac G5 without allowing the driver to byte-swap the eeprom. > > Introduce a module parameter endian_check to allow this to happen, > and the PCIe card to function correctly on BE powerpc. > > Signed-off-by: Bas Vermeulen <[email protected]> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c > b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c > index fa58a32227f5..421039dc060a 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c > @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ static int ath9k_ps_enable; > module_param_named(ps_enable, ath9k_ps_enable, int, 0444); > MODULE_PARM_DESC(ps_enable, "Enable WLAN PowerSave"); > > +static int ath9k_endian_check; > +module_param_named(endian_check, ath9k_endian_check, int, 0444); > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(endian_check, "Check EEPROM for endianness compatibility"); > #ifdef CONFIG_ATH9K_CHANNEL_CONTEXT > > int ath9k_use_chanctx; > @@ -587,7 +590,8 @@ static int ath9k_of_init(struct ath_softc *sc) > ether_addr_copy(common->macaddr, mac); > > ah->ah_flags &= ~AH_USE_EEPROM; > - ah->ah_flags |= AH_NO_EEP_SWAP; > + if (!ath9k_endian_check) > + ah->ah_flags |= AH_NO_EEP_SWAP;
A bit annoying to have a module parameter, isn't there any automatic way to detect/try this? But on the other hand I guess this isn't a common problem as nobody has reported this before? -- Kalle Valo
