From 3bda50e3eaf58a4b9c4ce34204e5faa15c8b1b97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stanislaw Gruszka Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:15:06 +0100 Subject: iwl3945: do not deprecate software scan Software scanning can be used for workaround some performance problems, so do not deprecate it. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Acked-by: Wey-Yi Guy Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c index ab87e1b7352..b6c52095bc1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c @@ -3960,8 +3960,7 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e * "the hard way", rather than using device's scan. */ if (iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan) { - dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &(pdev->dev), - "sw scan support is deprecated\n"); + IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Disabling hw_scan\n"); iwl3945_hw_ops.hw_scan = NULL; } @@ -4280,8 +4279,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(swcrypto, "using software crypto (default 1 [software])"); module_param_named(disable_hw_scan, iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan, int, S_IRUGO); -MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, - "disable hardware scanning (default 0) (deprecated)"); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, "disable hardware scanning (default 0)"); #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEGACY_DEBUG module_param_named(debug, iwlegacy_debug_level, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output mask"); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2 From 0263aa45293838b514b8af674a03faf040991a90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stanislaw Gruszka Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:24:21 +0200 Subject: iwl3945: disable hw scan by default After new NetworkManager 0.8.996 changes, hardware scanning is causing microcode errors as reported here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683571 and sometimes kernel crashes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688252 Also with hw scan there are very bad performance on some systems as reported here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671366 Since Intel no longer supports 3945, there is no chance to get proper firmware fixes, we need workaround problems by disable hardware scanning by default. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c index b6c52095bc1..28eb3d885ba 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945-base.c @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); struct iwl_mod_params iwl3945_mod_params = { .sw_crypto = 1, .restart_fw = 1, + .disable_hw_scan = 1, /* the rest are 0 by default */ }; @@ -4279,7 +4280,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(swcrypto, "using software crypto (default 1 [software])"); module_param_named(disable_hw_scan, iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan, int, S_IRUGO); -MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, "disable hardware scanning (default 0)"); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_hw_scan, "disable hardware scanning (default 1)"); #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEGACY_DEBUG module_param_named(debug, iwlegacy_debug_level, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output mask"); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2