From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:45291 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965542AbXBFW2E (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:28:04 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, Larry Finger Subject: Re: RFT bcm43xx: Really _GOOD_ news Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 23:27:16 +0100 Cc: Pavel Roskin , wireless , Michael Buesch References: <45C8E64B.1050605@lwfinger.net> <1170800330.2613.10.camel@dv> In-Reply-To: <1170800330.2613.10.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200702062327.17401.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday, 6 February 2007 23:18, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 14:34 -0600, 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. > > I'm getting a sustained 1.7 megabytes per second over FTP with 4312 > (PCIe card in Dell Latitude). The connection to a 802.11g AP was > established instantaneously. > > I have never had much success with the softmac driver at all. Now it's > working better than the d80211 driver, with waits for minutes before it > starts talking to the same 802.11g AP. > > I think it's a 2.6.20.1 material, considering its gain/changes ratio. > I'm actually going to compile this kernel without debug and keep it as a > "production" kernel. > > Congratulations and many many thanks! I can confirm the driver works great with the patch! Many thanks, Larry! Greetings, Rafael