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Re: [PATCH] b43: rfkill: use status register based on core revision not (PHY's)

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On 10/22/2010 04:57 PM, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> W dniu 22 paÅdziernika 2010 23:38 uÅytkownik Larry Finger
> <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ:
>> On 10/22/2010 03:24 PM, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
>>
>> As that register is present only when the core revision >= 3, this change should
>> not cause a regression. Perhaps this was an error in the RE from the start and
>> testing the phy.rev has always been wrong.
> 
> Do not blame RE team ;) It was described correctly since "ever", you
> can check it in history of:
> http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/MMIO
> 
> I actually suspect this may be source of self-switching-on-off-radio
> issue described in:
> "b43legacy-phy3: Radio hardware status changed to XXX" thread.
> 
> I already mailed reporter to ask if he still has access to problematic card.

I have two cards that use b43legacy, but their physical format (PCI and Cardbus)
do not include an RFKILL switch, thus I have never tested this code with b43legacy.

Larry



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