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authorRafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>2011-08-16 21:44:21 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-08-24 14:41:43 -0400
commitcbe1e82a543dae06ffdba9bc108a1a22dc55cde3 (patch)
tree8576fec58880e5d800b5fc545761d8537da593ef /drivers/net/wireless/b43
parent948990251508d8d41f5dd2c9988d415fb8fb49c7 (diff)
b43: warn when forcing PIO mode
We have resolved all the known issues with DMA mode, however some users (or distros) are still forcing PIO mode by config files. Without debugging enabled it's not noticable at all. Add the warning for them. Cc: Gregory Bellier <gregory.bellier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/b43')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index b5e83057dab..bf17516c663 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -4654,8 +4654,13 @@ static int b43_wireless_core_init(struct b43_wldev *dev)
b43_shm_write16(dev, B43_SHM_SCRATCH, B43_SHM_SC_MAXCONT, 0x3FF);
if (b43_bus_host_is_pcmcia(dev->dev) ||
- b43_bus_host_is_sdio(dev->dev) ||
- dev->use_pio) {
+ b43_bus_host_is_sdio(dev->dev)) {
+ dev->__using_pio_transfers = 1;
+ err = b43_pio_init(dev);
+ } else if (dev->use_pio) {
+ b43warn(dev->wl, "Forced PIO by use_pio module parameter. "
+ "This should not be needed and will result in lower "
+ "performance.\n");
dev->__using_pio_transfers = 1;
err = b43_pio_init(dev);
} else {