Subject: Re: [patch] workaround zd1201 interference problem

From: "John W. Linville" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:31:07 -0400

----- Forwarded message from Pavel Machek <[email-masked]> -----

> zd1201 has nasty tendency to emit magicall anti-wifi cloud when it is
> inserted into slot, but not used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <[email-masked]>
> 
> --- linux-good/drivers/usb/net/zd1201.c	2006-03-30 13:51:58.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c	2006-06-15 23:28:04.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1835,6 +1835,8 @@
>  	    zd->dev->name);
>  	
>  	usb_set_intfdata(interface, zd);
> +	zd1201_enable(zd);	/* zd1201 likes to startup enabled, interfering */
> +	zd1201_disable(zd); 	/* with all the wifis in range */
>  	return 0;
>  
>  err_net:

Pavel's patch is still the best thing proposed so far to resolve this
issue, ugly as it may be.

It does seem to fix a real issue.  Is anyone gonna puke if a merge
this?  If so, where is your patch?

John
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John W. Linville
[email-masked]