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On Wednesday 04 November 2009 23:20:07 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:18:13PM +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 November 2009 22:50:46 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Adam Wozniak <awozniak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > $ ls -la /lib/firmware/ar9170*
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83968 2009-10-17 15:55 /lib/firmware/ar9170-1.fw
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3508 2009-10-17 15:55 /lib/firmware/ar9170-2.fw
> > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15960 2009-10-17 15:55 /lib/firmware/ar9170.fw
> > > >
> > > > It is unclear to me which are actually used.
> > > 
> > > By default the ar9170.fw is tried first, if that fails then the others
> > > are tried. The 2-stage firmware will not be tried if your device
> > > cannot handle it but right now only the AVM Fritz devices can't handle
> > > the 2-stage firmware.
> > > 
> > > Christian should we just remove 2-stage fw support?
> > 
> > I've moved the two-stage fw into the legacy section some time ago :)
> > Maybe a add printk?
> 
> Oh sorry didn't notice, I meant complete removal of its support on the
> driver though :)
Oh, I've no problem removing two-stage fw support.
But then, I don't know much about usability :-D and I've enough of 
people banging their heads against each other.

Regards,
	Chr
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