linux-kernel - Re: [34-longterm 098/196] iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode.

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Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:56:16 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
CC:	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Fry, Donald H" <donald.h.fry@...el.com>,
	Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [34-longterm 098/196] iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode.

On 12-03-13 12:24 PM, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> writes:
> 
>> From: "Fry, Donald H" <donald.h.fry@...el.com>
>>
>>                    -------------------
>>     This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
>>     If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
>>                    -------------------
>>
>> commit 41504cce240f791f1e16561db95728c5537fbad9 upstream.
>>
>> New iwlwifi-5000 microcode requires driver support for API version 5.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Don Fry <donald.h.fry@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c |    2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
>> index d05fad4..dc191b8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
>> @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
>>  #include "iwl-6000-hw.h"
>>  
>>  /* Highest firmware API version supported */
>> -#define IWL5000_UCODE_API_MAX 2
>> +#define IWL5000_UCODE_API_MAX 5
>>  #define IWL5150_UCODE_API_MAX 2
> 
> This looks like the patch which broke the driver in stable-2.6.32.y and
> was later reverted by:

Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to drop this.

Paul.
--

> 
> 
> commit 2a96ae707525ef00a85bf374e56f0219c07eac5a
> Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> Date:   Wed Jun 15 13:12:35 2011 -0700
> 
>     Revert "iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode."
>     
>     This reverts commit 6f63415fc1b690cb50c2ad48ba6e9e6e88e271b4.
>     
>     It turns out this is not what we want to have happen for the .32 and
>     .33-longterm kernels as it does not work properly at all.
>     
>     This was reported by Gentoo, Arch, and Canonical developers as causing
>     problems for their users:
>         https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24302
>         http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359445
>         https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/796336
>     
>     Cc: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@...onical.com>
>     Cc: Gordon Malm <gengor@...too.org>
>     Cc: Don Fry <donald.h.fry@...el.com>
>     Cc: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
>     Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bjørn
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