Hi Heiner,
> In btusb.c we have the following code. I interpret this in a way
> that once firmware was loaded the driver will never check for
> updated firmware.
> Shouldn't the driver always read the firmware file available on
> the system and check its version against the firmware version
> the device has (and apply it if it's newer)?
> But maybe I miss something ..
>
> bt_dev_info(hdev, "read Intel version: %02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x",
> ver.hw_platform, ver.hw_variant, ver.hw_revision,
> ver.fw_variant, ver.fw_revision, ver.fw_build_num,
> ver.fw_build_ww, ver.fw_build_yy, ver.fw_patch_num);
>
> /* fw_patch_num indicates the version of patch the device currently
> * have. If there is no patch data in the device, it is always 0x00.
> * So, if it is other than 0x00, no need to patch the device again.
> */
> if (ver.fw_patch_num) {
> bt_dev_info(hdev, "Intel device is already patched. "
> "patch num: %02x", ver.fw_patch_num);
> goto complete;
> }
if you reboot it looses its firmware and things start over again.
Regards
Marcel
