From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
To: wwguy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Cc: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@gmail.com>,
"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
"Intel Linux Wireless" <ilw@linux.intel.com>,
"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] iwlagn: remove CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG_EXPERIMENTAL_UCODE
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:26:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110131152611.GA5562@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1296486101.10026.7.camel@wwguy-ubuntu>
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 07:01:41AM -0800, wwguy wrote:
> > With module option:
> >
> > sgruszka: download exp firmware and load module with use_experimental_fw=1
> > user: ok, but how to do this
> > sgruszka: echo "options iwlagn use_experiental_fw=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
> > sgruszka: and restart the system
> > user: hmm, I have error
> > user: bash: /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf: Permission denied
> > sgruszka: login as root
> > user: ok I did, but new firmware did not help me
> > sgruszka: show me dmesg please
> > user: dmesg
> > sgruszka: old firmware is used
> > sgruszka: gash, I made a typo, it should be
> > sgruszka: echo "options iwlagn use_experimental_fw=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf
> > sgruszka: grrrrrrr
> >
> there is a "ucode_alternative" module parameter already there which
> doing the similar thing
>
> I agree there will be mistake, but whoever want to use the experimental
> uCode should know what they are doing, otherwise, regular uCode
> works.right?
If you mean that only experienced linux users should be able to use
experimental firmware, I do not share that opinion. I dislike making
things not necessary complex and supporting driver harder, but I'll
not argue about that.
Stanislaw
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-31 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-28 15:47 [PATCH 1/8] iwlwifi: do not set tx power when channel is changing Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 15:47 ` [PATCH 2/8] iwl3945: set STATUS_READY before commit_rxon Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:04 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 15:47 ` [PATCH 3/8] iwlwifi: remove unneeded __packed Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:05 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 15:47 ` [PATCH 4/8] iwlwifi: introduce iwl_advanced_bt_coexist() Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:13 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 15:47 ` [PATCH 5/8] iwlwifi: remove unneeded disable_hw_scan check Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:14 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 15:47 ` [PATCH 6/8] iwl3945: do not use agn specific IWL_RATE_COUNT Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:20 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 16:33 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:42 ` wwguy
2011-01-31 14:54 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 15:47 ` [PATCH 7/8] iwlagn: remove CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG_EXPERIMENTAL_UCODE Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:23 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 16:41 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 23:20 ` wwguy
2011-01-31 9:46 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-31 10:23 ` Rafał Miłecki
2011-01-31 11:29 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-31 15:01 ` wwguy
2011-01-31 15:26 ` Stanislaw Gruszka [this message]
2011-01-31 14:57 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 15:47 ` [PATCH 8/8] iwlwifi: introduce iwl_bt_statistics Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:24 ` wwguy
2011-01-28 16:03 ` [PATCH 1/8] iwlwifi: do not set tx power when channel is changing wwguy
2011-01-28 16:27 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-01-28 16:38 ` wwguy
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