On Friday 04 April 2008 22:01:53 gavron@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Works great on my 4311 rev 01. Thanks a lot for testing! > Michael Buesch wrote: > > Hi b43 users, > > > > Please be so kind to run lots of regression tests on the following > > patch. This patch is supposed to make the LO calibration a _lot_ more > > lightweight and avoid a long MAC-disable period every 120 seconds. > > > > We need a lot of regression testing with this patch on lots of different > > devices to make sure we don't introduce regressions. > > > > I tested this on a 4306 and a 4318 card. So far it seems to work great > > on these cards. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > Subject: Re: b43: 1 second "freeze" every 2 minutes - works with bcm43xx > > Date: Friday 04 April 2008 > > From: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Can you try the following patch? > > http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20080404-1408/patches/010-b43-calibrate-lo-on-demand.patch > > > > This patch is supposed to distribute the calibration bursts over time, > > so that calibration only happens when it's actually needed. > > So instead of disabling the MAC every 120 secs and recalibrating the > > whole calibration tables, we assign a timeout to each calibration value > > and only recalibrate it if it's > > a) expired and > > b) currently used. > > Recalibration might also happen on TX power adjustment, if the corresponding > > calibration item is no longer in the cache because it has expired. That > > actually happens most of the time, but we can live with it, as power adjustment > > doesn't happen that often and calibration is a _lot_ cheaper. > > > > This patch also reduced overall memory consumption by nuking the > > huge static calibration tables. > > > > Disclaimer: > > The algorithms in this patch are completely redesigned and have nothing in > > common with how broadcom does the stuff in the proprietary driver. So it's > > highly experimental and I'm not responsible in case this patch eats your cat. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- -- Greetings Michael. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
