b43: warn when forcing PIO mode
authorRafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:44:21 +0000 (21:44 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:41:43 +0000 (14:41 -0400)
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>
drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c

index b5e8305..bf17516 100644 (file)
@@ -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 {