On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 08:06 -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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.
s/supports/reports.
Dan
--
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
