On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:48:20 -0200 Rogerio Luz Coelho <rogluz.news@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok, I see the 8187b is in development. > > But PLEASE ask Thadeu Cascardo for his patch as it seems to fix the > issue with these cards when connected to Laptop (Positivo Laptops in > Brasil for instance), this would even let the Mandriva folks show > Positivo that they don't need to ship the Mandriva 2008.0 woith their > Linux Laptops anymore ... He already reposted the patch and this series is based on top of it, so soon we should see it applied I guess. > > the patch he sent me FIXED the problem where the chip did not connect > or when it did it would lose the connection right away... > > see > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/215802?comments=all > > > I havenÂt aplied any other patches and the one he sent me JUST WORKS, > tested in a Ubuntu 10.04 64bit (64bit being important since the > Realtek support told me they did NOT support 64bit with their linux > drivers) Note that this series don't replace patch from Thadeu, it's just more cleanups and fixes. > > Thanks > > Rogerio > > 2010/11/2 Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On 02-11-2010 00:46, Larry Finger wrote: > >> > >> On 11/01/2010 09:42 PM, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > >>> > >>> --- On Tue, 2/11/10, Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski<herton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> Âwrote: > >>> > >>>> We were using wrong address for BRSR > >>>> (Basic Rate Set Register) while > >>>> initializing its value, comparing with Realtek sources, for > >>>> 8187B case. > >>>> > >>>> Also, the same register is initialized in > >>>> rtl8187b_reg_table, so remove > >>>> the duplicate initialization from the table. > >>>> > >>>> Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski<herton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> Acked-by: Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung<htl10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> ANAPARAM* stands for "anonymous parameters", right? ÂOne of these days we > >>> should give them some meaningful names. > >> > >> I have always thought it was for "analog parameter". Am I wrong? > > > > Nope, you're right, its listed description is "analog parameter" in 8180 > > spec. > > > >> > >> Larry > > > > -- > > []'s > > Herton > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at Âhttp://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- []'s Herton -- 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
