On 06/01/2014 09:52 PM, Michael Braun wrote:
The device 057c:8501 (AVM Fritz! WLAN v2 rev. B) boots into a state that does not actually require loading a firmware file.
Wrap the changelog lines on at least 80 chars please.
The vendors driver finds out about this by checking a firmware state
register, so this patch adopts this here.
Finally, with this patch applied, my wifi dongle actually becomes
usefull (scan + connect to wpa network works).
s/usefull/useful/.
Signed-off-by: Michael Braun <michael-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
index b601422..71bf101 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ static int rt2800usb_write_firmware(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
int status;
u32 offset;
u32 length;
+ __le32 fwMode;
/*
* Check which section of the firmware we need.
@@ -257,8 +258,17 @@ static int rt2800usb_write_firmware(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
/*
* Write firmware to device.
*/
- rt2x00usb_register_multiwrite(rt2x00dev, FIRMWARE_IMAGE_BASE,
- data + offset, length);
+ rt2x00usb_vendor_request(rt2x00dev, USB_DEVICE_MODE,
+ USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, 0, 0x11, &fwMode,
+ sizeof(fwMode), REGISTER_TIMEOUT_FIRMWARE);
+
+ if ((fwMode & 0x00000003) == 2) {
Same comment as for the patch #1.
+ rt2x00_info(rt2x00dev,
+ "Firmware loading not required - NIC in AutoRun mode\n");
This line should start under 'rt2xx00dev', like below.
+ } else {
+ rt2x00usb_register_multiwrite(rt2x00dev, FIRMWARE_IMAGE_BASE,
+ data + offset, length);
+ }
WBR, Sergei
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