Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Sunday 30 August 2009 02:15:55 Gábor Stefanik wrote:
>> static void lpphy_pr41573_workaround(struct b43_wldev *dev)
>> {
>> struct b43_phy_lp *lpphy = dev->phy.lp;
>> @@ -1357,28 +1488,440 @@ static void lpphy_pr41573_workaround(struct b43_wldev *dev)
>> b43_lptab_read_bulk(dev, B43_LPTAB32(7, 0x140),
>> saved_tab_size, saved_tab);
>> }
>> + b43_put_phy_into_reset(dev);
>
> Are you sure you really want this?
> This function completely disables the PHY on the backplane and keeps the physical
> PHY reset pin asserted (even after return from the function).
> So the PHY will physically be powered down from this point on. The following
> PHY accesses could even hang the machine, because the PHY won't respond to
> register accesses anymore.
>
> We currently only use this function on A/G Multi-PHY devices to permanently
> hard-disable the PHY that's not used.
The PHY reset routine in
http://bcm-v4.sipsolutions.net/802.11/PHY/Reset, which I just updated
for the latest N PHY changes, appears to be a different routine than
b43_put_phy_into_reset(). The names are confusing.
Larry
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