netdev - Re: [GIT] Networking

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Date:   Wed, 6 Sep 2017 21:57:48 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Coelho, Luciano" <luciano.coelho@...el.com>
Cc:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kvalo@...eaurora.org" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        "Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        linuxwifi <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Coelho, Luciano
<luciano.coelho@...el.com> wrote:
>
> This seems to be a problem with backwards-compatibility with FW version
> 27.  We are now in version 31[1] and upgrading will probably fix that.

I can confirm that fw version 31 works.

> But obviously the driver should not fail miserably like this with
> version 27, because it claims to support it still.

Not just "claims to support it", but if it's what is shipped with a
fairly recent distro like an up-to-date version of F26, I would really
hope that the driver can still work with it.

> I'm looking into this now and will provide a fix asap.

Thanks,

                  Linus