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Re: [Prism54-devel] 2.6.7 patches

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Subject: Re: [Prism54-devel] 2.6.7 patches
From: mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Luis R. Rodriguez)
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:13:10 -0400
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Oh and PS, all this should be discussed on netdev, CC prism54-devel. I
forgot to include netdev in the thread in my reply.

        Luis

On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 11:06:16AM -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 01:12:46PM +0200, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
> > Aurelien scribeth:
> > > I've checked the changes in CVS and I disagree with the patch #5 
> > (removing the writes to some pci registers).
> > > Those changes will have huge consequences on card/driver stability. It 
> > should have been debated here before.
> > > Moreover windows drivers do those writes, and adding them solved a lot 
> > of stability issues in prism54.
> > 
> > 1) Well, many months ago, it was talked about
> 
> I do not remember these register writes being disabled being discussed
> here. This needs further investigation. I believe more people are going
> to be affected by removing it than adding it, not sure though. We should
> figure out exactly what is meant by "legacy" devices and see if we can
> detect this on the code itself.
> 
>       Luis
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