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Re: [RFC/T] b43: to few loop tries in do_dummy_tx

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Michael Buesch wrote:
> > Nice work, but as it's a spec of another driver implementation rather
> > than hardware (or even the firmware API) I don't think it should be
> > so authoritative. If other values are clearly better why not use
> > them?
> 
> What crap are you smoking?

Maybe we just miscommunicated, or maybe I misunderstood something
about the reverse engineering process. I am very new to this project.


> The b43 and b43-legacy driver are _based_ on these specifications.
> There are no other specs available.

I know. Allow me to clarify my train of thought:

* Specs are created by reverse engineering of a binary blob.

* After development of b43*, many can happily use the drivers. \o/

* As it turns out, b43* can be made even more reliable by doing
  things slightly different than what the specs say. Case in point
  looping a little longer.

At this point, if there are only/mostly benefits, I don't see why
deviating from the specs is bad - after all they "only" document
another driver, right?


//Peter
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