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From: "Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@euromail.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcma: don't fail for bad SPROM CRC
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:35:32 +0100
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On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 06:08:51PM +0100, Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki wrote=
:
> 2012/2/6 Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>:
> > The brcmsmac driver is now checking the bcma SPROM CRCs, leaving so=
me
> > chipsets unrecognized that were functional prior to the switch. In
> > particular, the current code bails out on recent Macbooks. This pat=
ch
> > simply ignores the outcome of the CRC check, with the argument that=
 an
> > unrecognized SPROM should be treated similarly to a non-existing on=
e.
>=20
> Have you maybe tried to look at the real solution?

No, this is a pure regression fix.

Henrik