From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] p54: improve eeprom parser
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:51:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C69CEFE.2070209@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201008170116.58759.chunkeey@googlemail.com>
On 08/16/2010 06:16 PM, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> Like other vendors, p54* devices have a checksum for
> the EEPROM descriptor data. This patch enhances the
> parser code to generate and verify the data fields,
> before initializing the radio-chip on the card.
>
> Note:
> If you have to bootstrap an alternative EEPROM image
> for your device and you don't know how to generate a
> valid crc ccitt checksum, you should take a look at:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chr/p54tools.git
>
> The "checksum" utility loads a binary p54 EEPROM blob
> (use the -f switch, to skip the check) and applies
> the correct crc automatically.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
ACK for p54usb.
Larry
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-16 23:51 UTC|newest]
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2010-08-16 23:16 [PATCH 2/2] p54: improve eeprom parser Christian Lamparter
2010-08-16 23:51 ` Larry Finger [this message]
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