tree a49cb8466cccfd065419d017c4f6aba023d183d6
parent a28dc81dcd9ca9a451bfcab0a2351b0b07146759
author Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz> 1144397447 -0400
committer John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 1145909751 -0400

[PATCH] orinoco: fix BAP0 offset error after several days of operation

After several days of operation of Netgear MA311 card, the card becomes
to seek improperly and needs reset. This patch tries to reset the card
when this situation occurs.

Mar  9 06:45:16 berkeley kernel: wlan0: Error -5 writing packet to BAP
Mar  9 06:45:16 berkeley kernel: hermes @ f992a000: BAP0 offset error: reg=0x4044 id=0x128 offset=0x44
Mar  9 06:45:16 berkeley kernel: wlan0: Error -5 writing packet to BAP
Mar  9 06:45:16 berkeley kernel: hermes @ f992a000: BAP0 offset error: reg=0x4044 id=0x128 offset=0x44
(etc.)

A more detailed description of the problem can be found at
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154773
The same problem with different card is reported at
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=14597046

Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>