From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:58304 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750742AbdIGFEz (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2017 01:04:55 -0400 From: "Coelho, Luciano" To: "torvalds@linux-foundation.org" CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , linuxwifi , "Berg, Johannes" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "kvalo@codeaurora.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "Grumbach, Emmanuel" Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 05:04:49 +0000 Message-ID: <1504760688.5400.91.camel@intel.com> (sfid-20170907_070523_207073_482BA86D) References: <20170905.214143.826912481689443792.davem@davemloft.net> <1504757495.5400.89.camel@intel.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: T24gV2VkLCAyMDE3LTA5LTA2IGF0IDIxOjU3IC0wNzAwLCBMaW51cyBUb3J2YWxkcyB3cm90ZToN Cj4gT24gV2VkLCBTZXAgNiwgMjAxNyBhdCA5OjExIFBNLCBDb2VsaG8sIEx1Y2lhbm8NCj4gPGx1 Y2lhbm8uY29lbGhvQGludGVsLmNvbT4gd3JvdGU6DQo+ID4gDQo+ID4gVGhpcyBzZWVtcyB0byBi ZSBhIHByb2JsZW0gd2l0aCBiYWNrd2FyZHMtY29tcGF0aWJpbGl0eSB3aXRoIEZXIHZlcnNpb24N Cj4gPiAyNy4gIFdlIGFyZSBub3cgaW4gdmVyc2lvbiAzMVsxXSBhbmQgdXBncmFkaW5nIHdpbGwg cHJvYmFibHkgZml4IHRoYXQuDQo+IA0KPiBJIGNhbiBjb25maXJtIHRoYXQgZncgdmVyc2lvbiAz MSB3b3Jrcy4NCg0KR3JlYXQsIHNvIEkga25vdyBmb3Igc3VyZSB0aGF0IHRoaXMgaXMgYSBiYWNr d2FyZHMtY29tcGF0aWJpbGl0eSBpc3N1ZQ0Kd2l0aCB0aGUgRlcgQVBJLg0KDQoNCj4gPiBCdXQg b2J2aW91c2x5IHRoZSBkcml2ZXIgc2hvdWxkIG5vdCBmYWlsIG1pc2VyYWJseSBsaWtlIHRoaXMg d2l0aA0KPiA+IHZlcnNpb24gMjcsIGJlY2F1c2UgaXQgY2xhaW1zIHRvIHN1cHBvcnQgaXQgc3Rp bGwuDQo+IA0KPiBOb3QganVzdCAiY2xhaW1zIHRvIHN1cHBvcnQgaXQiLCBidXQgaWYgaXQncyB3 aGF0IGlzIHNoaXBwZWQgd2l0aCBhDQo+IGZhaXJseSByZWNlbnQgZGlzdHJvIGxpa2UgYW4gdXAt dG8tZGF0ZSB2ZXJzaW9uIG9mIEYyNiwgSSB3b3VsZCByZWFsbHkNCj4gaG9wZSB0aGF0IHRoZSBk cml2ZXIgY2FuIHN0aWxsIHdvcmsgd2l0aCBpdC4NCg0KSSB0b3RhbGx5IGFncmVlLCB3ZSBzdXBw b3J0IGEgYnVuY2ggb2Ygb2xkZXIgdmVyc2lvbnMgZm9yIHRoYXQgZXhhY3QNCnJlYXNvbi4gIFdl IGp1c3QgZG9uJ3QgcmVhbGx5IHRlc3QgYWxsIHRoZSBzdXBwb3J0ZWQgdmVyc2lvbnMgdmVyeQ0K b2Z0ZW4uICBXZSBzaG91bGQgcHJvYmFibHkgY2hhbmdlIHRoYXQuDQoNCkknbGwgbWFrZSBzdXJl IGl0IHN0aWxsIHdvcmtzIHdpdGggdmVyc2lvbiAyNy4NCg0KLS0NCkNoZWVycywNCkx1Y2Eu From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753464AbdIGFE5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2017 01:04:57 -0400 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:58304 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750742AbdIGFEz (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2017 01:04:55 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.42,356,1500966000"; d="scan'208";a="1215772961" From: "Coelho, Luciano" To: "torvalds@linux-foundation.org" CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , linuxwifi , "Berg, Johannes" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "kvalo@codeaurora.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "Grumbach, Emmanuel" Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking Thread-Topic: [GIT] Networking Thread-Index: AQHTJ2e1r+p5kKpHi0+CCZ9Rdj3td6KovzaAgAAM6gCAAAH1AA== Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 05:04:49 +0000 Message-ID: <1504760688.5400.91.camel@intel.com> References: <20170905.214143.826912481689443792.davem@davemloft.net> <1504757495.5400.89.camel@intel.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.252.30.157] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-ID: <68CC818954C9E64192F6272D7C480C10@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by nfs id v87555bo030018 On Wed, 2017-09-06 at 21:57 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Coelho, Luciano > 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. Great, so I know for sure that this is a backwards-compatibility issue with the FW API. > > 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 totally agree, we support a bunch of older versions for that exact reason. We just don't really test all the supported versions very often. We should probably change that. I'll make sure it still works with version 27. -- Cheers, Luca.