b43: Allow PIO mode to be selected at module load
If userencounter the "Fatal DMA Problem" with a BCM43XX device, and
still wish to use b43 as the driver, their only option is to rebuild
the kernel with CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO. This patch removes this option and
allows PIO mode to be selected with a load-time parameter for the module.
Note that the configuration variable CONFIG_B43_PIO is also removed.
Once the DMA problem with the BCM4312 devices is solved, this patch will
likely be reverted.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Tested-by: John Daiker <daikerjohn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index 19b4eae..b0b5ce9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@
module_param_named(verbose, b43_modparam_verbose, int, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "Log message verbosity: 0=error, 1=warn, 2=info(default), 3=debug");
+static int modparam_pio;
+module_param_named(pio, modparam_pio, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(pio, "enable(1) / disable(0) PIO mode");
static const struct ssb_device_id b43_ssb_tbl[] = {
SSB_DEVICE(SSB_VENDOR_BROADCOM, SSB_DEV_80211, 5),
@@ -1786,8 +1789,8 @@
dma_reason[4], dma_reason[5]);
b43err(dev->wl, "This device does not support DMA "
"on your system. Please use PIO instead.\n");
- b43err(dev->wl, "CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO must be set in "
- "your kernel configuration.\n");
+ b43err(dev->wl, "Unload the b43 module and reload "
+ "with 'pio=1'\n");
return;
}
if (merged_dma_reason & B43_DMAIRQ_NONFATALMASK) {
@@ -4353,7 +4356,7 @@
if ((dev->dev->bus->bustype == SSB_BUSTYPE_PCMCIA) ||
(dev->dev->bus->bustype == SSB_BUSTYPE_SDIO) ||
- B43_FORCE_PIO) {
+ modparam_pio) {
dev->__using_pio_transfers = 1;
err = b43_pio_init(dev);
} else {