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RE: [PATCH 14/16] iwmc3200wifi: Support unexpected reboot barker

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Hi Tomas!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas Winkler [mailto:tomasw@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 2009年10月17日 6:07
> To: Zhu, Yi
> Cc: linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Samuel Ortiz
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/16] iwmc3200wifi: Support unexpected reboot barker
> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > We can receive unexpected reboot barker at any time, and we're supposed to
> > reset the whole device then.
> 
> What do yo mean, by whole device ? And who is we in this context?

We are talking from the wifi driver's perspective. The code is originally used only for SV testing. Then we find it might be useful in the general case. Suppose the driver get a REBOOT_BARKER from the card (for whatever reason), is resetting the device the correct behavior?

Thanks,
-yi
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