From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.115]:34045 "EHLO mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965613AbXBGBI3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:08:29 -0500 Message-ID: <45C9268B.3040408@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:08:27 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, Pavel Roskin , wireless , Michael Buesch Subject: Re: RFT bcm43xx: Really _GOOD_ news References: <45C8E64B.1050605@lwfinger.net> <1170800330.2613.10.camel@dv> <200702062327.17401.rjw@sisk.pl> In-Reply-To: <200702062327.17401.rjw@sisk.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > 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! You are all very welcome. Now that others have verified that the patch makes their system work, I will be submitting it for wireless-2.6 that will get it into 2.6.21. I will also submit it to stable so it should be included in 2.6.20.1 and 2.6.19.4. Larry