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Re: [PATCH] airo : Print of firmware version

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On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 21:20 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 08:12:53PM -0300, Jose Alonso wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 15:14 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 03:42:54PM +0100, matthieu castet wrote:
> > > > For the firmware version 5.30.17 the log file shows:
> > > > Firmware version 5.30.11
> > > >
> > > > The variable softSubVer is binary.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jose Alonso <joalonsof@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > > Index: airo.c
> > > > ===================================================================
> > > > --- 1/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c	(r?vision 47)
> > > > +++ 2/drivers/net/wireless/airo.c	(r?vision 48)
> > > > @@ -2993,7 +2993,7 @@
> > > >  	ai->wep_capable = (cap_rid.softCap & cpu_to_le16(0x02)) ? 1 : 0;
> > > >  	ai->max_wep_idx = (cap_rid.softCap & cpu_to_le16(0x80)) ? 3 : 0;
> > > >  
> > > > -	airo_print_info(dev->name, "Firmware version %x.%x.%02x",
> > > > +	airo_print_info(dev->name, "Firmware version %x.%x.%02d",
> > > >  	                ((le16_to_cpu(cap_rid.softVer) >> 8) & 0xF),
> > > >  	                (le16_to_cpu(cap_rid.softVer) & 0xFF),
> > > >  	                le16_to_cpu(cap_rid.softSubVer));
> > > 
> > > Why should the last segment be in decimal form if the other two
> > > segments of the version number are in hexadecimal form?
> > 
> > The airo.c shows the usage of hexadecimal and binary form:
> > 
> >         /* Test for WPA support */
> >         /* Only firmware versions 5.30.17 or better can do WPA */
> >         if (le16_to_cpu(cap_rid.softVer) > 0x530
> >          || (le16_to_cpu(cap_rid.softVer) == 0x530
> >               && le16_to_cpu(cap_rid.softSubVer) >= 17)) {
> >                 airo_print_info(ai->dev->name, "WPA supported.");
> 
> Alright, but that could be an argument for changing the comment.
> Probably too much to ask, but is there some authoritative source for
> this busted numbering scheme?

Not really, you flash a certain known version of firmware onto the
device in Windows, then see what Linux supports.  I'll see if I can
check my card out and see what I come up with.

Dan


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