Re: Fwd: After kernel 6.3.7 or 6.3.8 b43 driver fails

[Sardonimous]

On 6/26/23 10:21 AM, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 6/26/23 07:44, Sardonimous wrote:
> > If I were to send you some test patches, could you create a kernel 
> > with them applied?
> >
> > Doubtful.
>
> Sardonimous,
>
> OK, that essentially eliminates  getting DMA to work. The cost of a 
> MacBookPro7 is too much for me to acquire one to debug that issue.
>
> On my PowerBook G4, I also got the failure to connect, thus I should 
> be able to fix that problem, but getting a new kernel with the fix 
> onto your machine will not be easy.

It might be possible to follow the arch instructions for patching the kernel

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel/Arch_build_system

It takes about a day to rebuild the kernel following this procedure.

> Is it possible to ssh into your machine, or to use TeamViewer? Those 
> questions do not need an answer now, but think about them.

This is complicated by being in a CGNAT environment.  I usually do this 
via tailscale.  Will have to think about it.

> Larry

Should pio=1 qos=0 cause the problems that it does?  It if is no longer 
a supported configuration, perhaps it should fail more gracefully.