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Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Fix for broken transmission

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On Wednesday 12 December 2007 09:21:26 Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Quoting Larry Finger <larry.finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Michael Buesch wrote:
> >> Here's an updated version that should fix even more bugs:
> >> http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-2.6/20071211-1622/patches/005-b43-fix-init-rewrite-breakage.patch
> 
> I had to omit the last part (for tables.c) - it's unrelated, cosmetic  
> and doesn't apply to wireless-2.6/everything.

This patch depends on
[PATCH] b43: Fix ofdmtab write regression
And that is not just cosmetic.

> > This patch (and its predecessor) seem to make transmission at the   
> > OFDM rates a bit more reliable on
> > my BCM4311/2 card.
> 
> It's working fine on BCM4318 on PowerPC.  I haven't done any specific  
> comparisons, but it used to disconnect a lot (at least one an hour)  
> with a small antenna, so I installed a bigger antenna, but then gave  
> up and switched to using another wireless device (rtl8185).
> 
> Right now, it's been working for over 2 hours with a small antenna  
> (although it's a different antenna borrowed from rtl8185) and no  
> disconnects.  Scanning finds 5 APs, which is the most I have seen here.

Cool, thanks.

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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