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Subject: Re: Reverting 5d423 fixes loading of ath9k on Acer Extensa 7630EZ
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> 
> Can you please consider reviewing this issue and help determine if
> this indeed needs to be reverted for 2.6.32 and the next 2.6.31.y.
> 
> I am curious if other devices would work by reverting this as well.
> [ ... ] For details please feel free to check:
> 
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14402

That same commit was the cause for

	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13940

and we just increased the rounding to make it go away (see commit 
15b812f1). But that was a hack.

And if that didn't help the ath9k case, then we should just revert 
entirely.

			Linus