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Re: pull-request: iwlwifi-next 2017-04-19-2

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Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 09:55 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-a000.c
>> > b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-a000.c
>> > index 6d745c36f1d8..097cb45c8ad9 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-a000.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-a000.c
>> > @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
>> >  #include "iwl-agn-hw.h"
>> >  
>> >  /* Highest firmware API version supported */
>> > -#define IWL_A000_UCODE_API_MAX 31
>> > +#define IWL_A000_UCODE_API_MAX 30
>> 
>> Good that you dropped this. I was a bit worried that if it the API bump
>> was too soon and inconvenient for the users.
>
> Yes, we usually bump it up internally *before* we get all the actual API
> changes in the firmware, so both the driver and the FW evolve together.
>
> So, in practice, I should bump the API to 30 upstream when we reach the
> bump to 31 internally (which means 30 is frozen at that point).

Sorry, I got confused. I guess I haven't even still properly woken up. I
was thinking the MIN API level and worried about forcing users to update
the firmware image too early.

-- 
Kalle Valo




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