Re: 2.6.24.3-50, b43: accidental patch ??

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On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 11:10:26AM -0400, sean darcy wrote:
> John W. Linville wrote:

> >No accident -- the wireless bits in Fedora kernels are quite a bit
> >ahead of their nominal base version.  Generally, they are synced with
> >the upstream wireless trees.
> >
> >John
> 
> OK. But then I'm back to my original question: why all those
> 
> Apr  1 11:03:56 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
> Apr  1 11:04:03 notebook kernel: printk: 26 messages suppressed.
> 
> in /var/log/messages?
 
No idea.

> Or if we're supposed to use the old 4.80.53 firmware, why the deprecated 
> message?

Both firmwares are currently supported.  The message is to encourage
you to prepare for the future.  That is pretty much what "deprecated"
means. :-)

> The upstream list probably won't respond: they obviously think only a 
> portion of the new driver was included - not the whole thing.

They should pull their ears past their sphincters...

John
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