From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:59202 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757126AbYEUTG0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 May 2008 15:06:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Sysfs interface for accessing non-volatile configuration. From: David Woodhouse To: Javier Cardona Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org, carrano@laptop.org, dilinger@queued.net In-Reply-To: <445f43ac0805211159u317bf720vd88d29a504445ba6@mail.gmail.com> References: <4832422a.20018e0a.6b37.3217@mx.google.com> <1211292718.21380.238.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <445f43ac0805211159u317bf720vd88d29a504445ba6@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 20:06:20 +0100 Message-Id: <1211396780.21380.368.camel@pmac.infradead.org> (sfid-20080521_210630_613202_053CDEB4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 11:59 -0700, Javier Cardona wrote: > > If the boottime is set smaller than the host boot time, the device > will transition into standalone mode before it is detected by the > host. The only recovery when that happens is to either reset the > device via an external reset line or to re-insert it. Nah, the driver will send it a CMD_802_11_RESET when it finds it not responding properly to bootcmds, and it should be fine. > That lower boundary was just intended to avoid support issues of > users seeing their devices disappear after a reboot. I remember that well :) -- dwmw2