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Re: [PATCH] b43legacy: Fix failure in rate-adjustment mechanism

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On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 08:41:05PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Saturday 06 September 2008 20:34:02 Larry Finger wrote:
> > A coding error present since b43legacy was incorporated into the
> > kernel has prevented the driver from using the rate-setting mechanism
> > of mac80211. The driver has been forced to remain at a 1 Mb/s rate.
> 
> Does version3 firmware have a different bitlayout for the status?
> 
> > Although this is not strictly a regression, it is a bug. I hope
> > it can be sent to 2.6.27.
> 
> The new rules don't allow us to fix bugs after the merge window.
> Only regressions.

I imagine the powers that be would claim it isn't a new rule, but it
is a new enforcement policy...

John
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