From: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
To: linville@tuxdriver.com
To: ipwpatch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>,
Ben Cahill <ben.m.cahill@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 16/17] iwlwifi: Add uCode/driver compatibility version number
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:26:40 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11855284303672-git-send-email-yi.zhu@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11855284281570-git-send-email-yi.zhu@intel.com>
Add uCode/driver compatibility version number in firmware
filename, to enable compatibility enforcement and coexistence
of old/new drivers.
Signed-off-by: Ben Cahill <ben.m.cahill@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/iwl-base.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwl-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwl-base.c
index 8558ea8..e3cd459 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwl-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwl-base.c
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ BUILD_BUG()
#define DRV_COPYRIGHT "Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation"
#define DRV_VERSION IWLWIFI_VERSION
+/* Change firmware file name, using "-" and incrementing number,
+ * *only* when uCode interface or architecture changes so that it
+ * is not compatible with earlier drivers.
+ * This number will also appear in << 8 position of 1st dword of uCode file */
+#define IWL3945_UCODE_API "-1"
+#define IWL4965_UCODE_API "-1"
+
MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESCRIPTION);
MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
MODULE_AUTHOR(DRV_COPYRIGHT);
@@ -6191,21 +6198,17 @@ static int iwl_read_ucode(struct iwl_priv *priv)
int rc = 0;
const struct firmware *ucode_raw;
#if IWL == 3945
- const char *name = "iwlwifi-3945.ucode"; /* firmware file name */
+ /* firmware file name contains uCode/driver compatibility version */
+ const char *name = "iwlwifi-3945" IWL3945_UCODE_API ".ucode";
#elif IWL == 4965
- const char *name = "iwlwifi-4965.ucode"; /* firmware file name */
+ const char *name = "iwlwifi-4965" IWL4965_UCODE_API ".ucode";
#endif
u8 *src;
size_t len;
u32 ver, inst_size, data_size, init_size, init_data_size, boot_size;
/* Ask kernel firmware_class module to get the boot firmware off disk.
- * request_firmware() is synchronous call, file is in memory on return.
- * TODO: Would it be more polite to use asynchronous
- * request_firmware_nowait()?? If so, put request back into
- * iwl_pci_probe(), and rest of this function would serve as
- * the callback for request_firmware_nowait(). Also need to
- * make sure everything waits for this callback to complete! */
+ * request_firmware() is synchronous, file is in memory on return. */
rc = request_firmware(&ucode_raw, name, &priv->pci_dev->dev);
if (rc < 0) {
IWL_ERROR("%s firmware file req failed: Reason %d\n", name, rc);
--
1.5.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-27 9:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 01/17] iwlwifi: provide frequency to radiotap monitor not channel index Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 02/17] iwlwifi: Calculate and report noise level while associated Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 03/17] iwlwifi: modify station fix Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 04/17] iwlwifi: cleanup tx queue allocation Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 05/17] iwlwifi: rxon filter_flags endianity fix Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 06/17] iwlwifi: rename base.c to iwl-base.c Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 07/17] iwilwifi: removed unused constant Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 08/17] iwlwifi: QoS control endianity fixes Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 09/17] iwlwifi: EEPROM reading fix Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 10/17] iwlwifi: endianity cleaning of iwl_print_rx_config_cmd Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 11/17] iwlwifi: endianity cleanup for QoS host command Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 12/17] iwlwifi: endianity cleanup for power table " Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 13/17] iwlwifi: fix 11n on 2.4 channel Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 14/17] iwlwifi: fix channel switch assert Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 15/17] iwlwifi: fix scaing watchdog time out Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 9:26 ` Zhu Yi [this message]
2007-07-27 9:26 ` [PATCH 17/17] iwlwifi: update version stamp to 0.1.5 Zhu Yi
2007-07-27 11:22 ` [PATCH 09/17] iwlwifi: EEPROM reading fix Michael Buesch
2007-07-27 22:24 ` Tomas Winkler
2007-07-27 22:32 ` Michael Buesch
2007-07-27 9:30 ` [PATCH 00/17] iwlwifi driver updated to version 0.1.5 Zhu Yi
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