2.6.24.3-50, b43: accidental patch ??

[sean darcy]

 From the b43 mailing list. This doesn't sound right to me but.........


 > > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 2:51 AM, sean darcy <seandarcy2 at gmail.com>
 > wrote:
 > > > >
 > > > >
 > > > >
 > > > > Using a
 > > > > Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01)
 > > > > on
 > > > > 2.6.24.3-50.fc8
 > > > >
 > > > > With the 4.80.53 firmware, the b43 driver told me ( in syslog ) to
 > > > > upgrade the fw before july 2008. So I did it today.
 > > > >
 > > > > Now:
 > > > >
 > > > > b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
 > > > > last message repeated 7 times
 > > > > b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
 > > > > printk: 23 messages suppressed.
 > > > > ..............
 > > > >
 > > > > constantly.
 > > > >
 > > > > It seems to work fine, just all these syslog messages.
 > > > >
 > > > > sean
 > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Stefanik Gábor 
<netrolller.3d at gmail.com>
 > wrote:
 > > > 2.6.24 *needs* v4.80 firmware. 4.150 only works with 2.6.25+.
 > > >
 > > >
 > > >
 > >
 > > If so, why does the b43 driver in 2.6.24 give a message to get the
 > > updated firmware.?
 > >
 > > Perhaps the fedora 2.6.24 kernel has the new driver? Or the old driver
 > > gives incorrect advice?
 > >
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Stefanik Gábor 
<netrolller.3d at gmail.com> wrote:
 > Most likely a patch targeted at 2.6.25 or 2.6.26 accidentally slipped 
into
 > Fedora's 2.6.24.3 kernel.
 >