From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bu3sch.de ([62.75.166.246]:38148 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757799AbZHQLsE (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:48:04 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: [RFT] Threaded IRQ handlers for b43 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:48:04 +0200 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <200908161539.57917.mb@bu3sch.de> In-Reply-To: <200908161539.57917.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200908171348.04399.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sunday 16 August 2009 15:39:57 Michael Buesch wrote: > This request-for-test patch converts the b43 driver to use threaded > interrupt handlers. This is needed to support b43 on SDIO. But it also > simplifies the locking by removal of the wl->irq_lock spinlock. > > http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20090816-1535/patches/002-b43-threaded-irq-handler.patch > > A known regression is a new race between the interrupt handler and the > beacon update handler. But as long as you don't run AP mode, it won't hurt. > I'm working on a solution... > > Please test this patch whether it creates other regressions (performance and crashes). > > The patch also needs the following hack to the threaded IRQ code: > http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20090816-1535/patches/001-hack-threaded-irqs.patch > This is the correct fix for the threaded IRQ code. Apply this instead of the hack: http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20090817-1347/patches/001-fix-irq-thread-wakeup.patch -- Greetings, Michael.