On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 14:34 -0700, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 23:33 +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Johannes Berg > > <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 11:27 -0700, reinette chatre wrote: > > >> Two new versions of 3945 uCode is now available for download from > > >> http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads. Two versions are available > > >> as we have updated the API version of the uCode and included pending > > >> fixes in both API versions. > > >> > > >> Version 15.28.1.8 supports API v1 and can be used with most current 3945 > > >> drivers. Version 15.28.2.8 (API v2) is required when you start using the > > >> latest 3945 driver from wireless-testing at the time it includes the > > >> patch "iwl3945 : Fix a-band association for passive channels". > > > > > > Can you make the driver work with the old ucode? We even do that for > > > drivers where we don't control the ucode like b43... > > > > What for? > > Well, so that installing a new kernel doesn't suddenly break your > network connection and ability to download the firmware, for instance. > If you want more arguments you can go read all the "b43 sucks" threads > about it. Using the new driver (with patch http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122401294318415&w=2 ) on current (v1 API) uCode will cause a firmware error. The log message should be clear that a newer ucode is required. Reinette -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
