We must reject new incompatible firmware early to avoid
running into strange transmission failures.
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx>
---
John, this must _only_ be applied to 2.6.24.
2.6.25 does have actual support for the new firmware.
Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2008-01-16 11:33:55.000000000 +0100
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2008-01-16 11:44:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -1800,6 +1800,18 @@ static int b43_upload_microcode(struct b
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto out;
}
+ if (fwrev > 351) {
+ b43err(dev->wl, "YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO NEW. Please downgrade your "
+ "firmware.\n");
+ b43err(dev->wl, "Use this firmware tarball: "
+ "http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2\n";);
+ b43err(dev->wl, "Use this b43-fwcutter tarball: "
+ "http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2\n";);
+ b43err(dev->wl, "Read, understand and _do_ what this message says, please.\n");
+ b43_write32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCTL, 0);
+ err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto out;
+ }
b43dbg(dev->wl, "Loading firmware version %u.%u "
"(20%.2i-%.2i-%.2i %.2i:%.2i:%.2i)\n",
fwrev, fwpatch,
--
Greetings Michael.
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