Re: [PATCH] w35und: fix usb_control_msg() error handling in wb35_probe()

[Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Hi Sandro,
>
> Pekka Enberg ha scritto:
>>> Ok, test done with git current version of w35und over 2.6.28-gentoo-r1
>>> (2.6.28.1 and some patches)
>>
>> Adding Pekka's patch
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Sandro Bonazzola
> <sandro.bonazzola@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> # uname -a
>>> Linux arilinn 2.6.28-gentoo-r1 #1 Wed Jan 21 19:37:07 CET 2009 x86_64 AMD
>>> Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
> [snip]
>
>> Ok, with kernel 2.6.8.1, and your patch it seems to work with channel 1, no
>> encryption, opensystem authentication.
>
> So the driver doesn't work in 2.6.29-rc1 but does in 2.6.28.1? I
> wonder what changed in the networking/wireless stack that broke the
> winbond driver.... I'm cc'ing netdev even though this is a driver in
> staging.

Actually, it's probably me who broke the driver. I think Greg merged
most of my patches after 2.6.28 came out. Sandro, if you have some
time, please consider doing git bisect to find out which changeset
causes the problem.

                            Pekka