Perhaps these should go in the stable series? John On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:16:26AM -0700, reinette chatre wrote: > Hi Tim, > > On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 11:03 -0700, Tim Gardner wrote: > > I've got a user complaining that the iwl-1000 firmware version required > > by 2.6.31 doesn't exist. Indeed, IWL1000_UCODE_API_MAX is 2, yet the > > only firmware available from http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads > > is iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode. Shall I just tell him to install compat-wireless ? > > > > BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439285 > > > > 2.6.31 needs a few more patches to fully support 1000 series, among > these is the patch that can parse a new ucode header format and another > patch to update the ucode API. > > Depending on the requirements it may be easier to backport those patches > or to just use compat-wireless. That will be the user's decision. > > Here is the list of patches: > > commit cc0f555d511a5fe9d4519334c8f674a1dbab9e3a > Author: Jay Sternberg <jay.e.sternberg@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri Jul 17 09:30:16 2009 -0700 > > iwlwifi: Handle new firmware file with ucode build number in header > > commit cce53aa347c1e023d967b1cb1aa393c725aedba5 > Author: Jay Sternberg <jay.e.sternberg@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri Jul 17 09:30:22 2009 -0700 > > iwlwifi: update 1000 series API version to match firmware > > commit 02c06e4abc0680afd31bf481a803541556757fb6 > Author: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri Jul 17 09:30:14 2009 -0700 > > iwlagn: modify digital SVR for 1000 > > commit 415e49936b4b29b34c2fb561eeab867d41fc43a6 > Author: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu Aug 13 13:30:54 2009 -0700 > > iwlwifi: traverse linklist to find the valid OTP block > > commit f7ea097d9b4e61a816c041c92548aad7c7ed7915 > Author: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri Jul 24 11:13:12 2009 -0700 > > iwlagn: fix null pointer access during ucode load on 1000 > > 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 > -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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
