From: wwguy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
"Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>,
"tim.gardner@canonical.com" <tim.gardner@canonical.com>,
"Fry, Donald H" <donald.h.fry@intel.com>,
"sgruszka@redhat.com" <sgruszka@redhat.com>,
"gregkh@suse.de" <gregkh@suse.de>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"stable@kernel.org" <stable@kernel.org>,
"tim.bird@am.sony.com" <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [96/106] iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode.
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:42:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1303944143.22777.35.camel@wwguy-ubuntu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110427224125.GR16484@one.firstfloor.org>
On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 15:41 -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode is target to fix a 11n related issue we seen in the
> > field (especially for Ubuntu), so it is important for people to use -5
> > version of uCode. in order to allow driver to pick up the correct uCode
> > (-5), we need to move the maximum API version to "5" which is what this
> > patch does
>
> But this means that anyone who just updates the kernel without
> having the new firmware will lose their wireless. Not good.
> longterm is not supposed to break existing userland like this
>
> Possible would be a patch to try 5 first and then fall back to
> the older version. But that's not what this patch does, correct?
>
The current driver behavior, try to load the maximum version first, if
does not exist, then fall back to the older version. This patch just
increase the maximum API version to "5", so driver will try to load the
version "5" first.
Thanks
Wey
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-27 22:45 UTC|newest]
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2011-04-26 21:12 [PATCH] [0/106] 2.6.35.13 longterm review Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [1/106] mm: page allocator: adjust the per-cpu counter threshold when memory is low Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [2/106] qla2xxx: Make the FC port capability mutual exclusive Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [3/106] staging: usbip: bugfixes related to kthread conversion Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [4/106] staging: usbip: bugfix add number of packets for isochronous frames Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [5/106] staging: usbip: bugfix for isochronous packets and optimization Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [6/106] staging: hv: Fix GARP not sent after Quick Migration Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [7/106] staging: hv: use sync_bitops when interacting with the hypervisor Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [8/106] xfs: prevent leaking uninitialized stack memory in FSGEOMETRY_V1 Andi Kleen
2011-04-27 5:26 ` Dave Chinner
2011-04-27 15:00 ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-28 0:04 ` Dave Chinner
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [9/106] irda: validate peer name and attribute lengths Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [10/106] irda: prevent heap corruption on invalid nickname Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [11/106] nilfs2: fix data loss in mmap page write for hole blocks Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [12/106] ASoC: Explicitly say registerless widgets have no register Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [13/106] ALSA: ens1371: fix Creative Ectiva support Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [14/106] ROSE: prevent heap corruption with bad facilities Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [15/106] Btrfs: Fix uninitialized root flags for subvolumes Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [16/106] x86, mtrr, pat: Fix one cpu getting out of sync during resume Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [17/106] UBIFS: do not read flash unnecessarily Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [18/106] UBIFS: fix oops on error path in read_pnode Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [19/106] UBIFS: fix debugging failure in dbg_check_space_info Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [20/106] quota: Don't write quota info in dquot_commit() Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:12 ` [PATCH] [21/106] mm: avoid wrapping vm_pgoff in mremap() Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [22/106] p54usb: IDs for two new devices Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [23/106] b43: allocate receive buffers big enough for max frame len + offset Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [24/106] Bluetooth: sco: fix information leak to userspace Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [25/106] bridge: netfilter: fix information leak Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [26/106] Bluetooth: bnep: fix buffer overflow Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [27/106] Bluetooth: add support for Apple MacBook Pro 8,2 Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [28/106] Treat writes as new when holes span across page boundaries Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [29/106] char/tpm: Fix unitialized usage of data buffer Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [30/106] netfilter: ip_tables: fix infoleak to userspace Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [31/106] netfilter: arp_tables: " Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [32/106] netfilter: ipt_CLUSTERIP: fix buffer overflow Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [33/106] ipv6: netfilter: ip6_tables: fix infoleak to userspace Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [34/106] mfd: ab3100: world-writable debugfs *_priv files Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [35/106] drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c: world-writable sysfs nvram file Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [36/106] drivers/misc/ep93xx_pwm.c: world-writable sysfs files Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [37/106] econet: 4 byte infoleak to the network Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [38/106] sound/oss: remove offset from load_patch callbacks Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [39/106] sound: oss: midi_synth: check get_user() return value Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [40/106] gro: Reset dev pointer on reuse Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [41/106] gro: reset skb_iif " Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [42/106] x86, microcode, AMD: Extend ucode size verification Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 22:44 ` Paul Gortmaker
2011-04-26 23:03 ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [43/106] Squashfs: handle corruption of directory structure Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [44/106] atm/solos-pci: Don't include frame pseudo-header on transmit hex-dump Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [45/106] ext4: fix credits computing for indirect mapped files Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [46/106] nfsd: fix auth_domain reference leak on nlm operations Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [47/106] net: tipc: fix information leak to userland Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [48/106] inet_diag: Make sure we actually run the same bytecode we audited Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [49/106] irda: prevent integer underflow in IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [50/106] CAN: Use inode instead of kernel address for /proc file Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [51/106] net: fix rds_iovec page count overflow Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [52/106] xfs: zero proper structure size for geometry calls Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [53/106] cifs: always do is_path_accessible check in cifs_mount Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [54/106] video: sn9c102: world-wirtable sysfs files Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [55/106] UBIFS: restrict world-writable debugfs files Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [56/106] NET: cdc-phonet, handle empty phonet header Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [57/106] x86: Fix a bogus unwind annotation in lib/semaphore_32.S Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [58/106] tioca: Fix assignment from incompatible pointer warnings Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [59/106] mca.c: Fix cast from integer to pointer warning Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [60/106] ramfs: fix memleak on no-mmu arch Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [61/106] MAINTAINERS: update STABLE BRANCH info Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [62/106] UBIFS: fix oops when R/O file-system is fsync'ed Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [63/106] x86, cpu: AMD errata checking framework Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [64/106] x86, cpu: Clean up AMD erratum 400 workaround Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [65/106] x86, AMD: Set ARAT feature on AMD processors Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [66/106] x86, amd: Disable GartTlbWlkErr when BIOS forgets it Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [67/106] USB: ftdi_sio: Added IDs for CTI USB Serial Devices Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [68/106] USB: ftdi_sio: add PID for OCT DK201 docking station Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [69/106] USB: ftdi_sio: add ids for Hameg HO720 and HO730 Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [70/106] USB: option: Add new ONDA vendor id and product id for ONDA MT825UP Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [71/106] USB: option: Added support for Samsung GT-B3730/GT-B3710 LTE USB modem Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [72/106] next_pidmap: fix overflow condition Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [73/106] proc: do proper range check on readdir offset Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [74/106] USB: EHCI: unlink unused QHs when the controller is stopped Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [75/106] USB: fix formatting of SuperSpeed endpoints in /proc/bus/usb/devices Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [76/106] USB: xhci - fix unsafe macro definitions Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [77/106] USB: xhci - fix math in xhci_get_endpoint_interval() Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:13 ` [PATCH] [78/106] x86, cpu: Fix regression in AMD errata checking code Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [79/106] net: ax25: fix information leak to userland harder Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [80/106] Input: synaptics - fix crash in synaptics_module_init() Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [81/106] ath9k: fix a chip wakeup related crash in ath9k_start Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [82/106] ath: add missing regdomain pair 0x5c mapping Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [83/106] block, blk-sysfs: Fix an err return path in blk_register_queue() Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [84/106] p54: Initialize extra_len in p54_tx_80211 Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [85/106] x86, gart: Make sure GART does not map physmem above 1TB Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [86/106] intel-iommu: Unlink domain from iommu Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [87/106] intel-iommu: Fix get_domain_for_dev() error path Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [88/106] drm/radeon/kms: fix bad shift in atom iio table parser Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [89/106] NFS: nfs_wcc_update_inode() should set nfsi->attr_gencount Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [90/106] serial/imx: read cts state only after acking cts change irq Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [91/106] ASoC: Fix output PGA enabling in wm_hubs CODECs Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [92/106] kconfig: Avoid buffer underrun in choice input Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [93/106] UBIFS: fix master node recovery Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [94/106] Remove extra struct page member from the buffer info structure Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [95/106] dasd: correct device table Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [96/106] iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode Andi Kleen
2011-04-27 17:42 ` Tim Gardner
2011-04-27 20:47 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-04-27 22:20 ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-27 22:32 ` wwguy
2011-04-27 22:41 ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-27 22:42 ` wwguy [this message]
2011-04-27 22:46 ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-28 2:42 ` Tim Gardner
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [97/106] uvcvideo: Fix descriptor parsing for video output devices Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [98/106] Revert "intel_idle: PCI quirk to prevent Lenovo Ideapad s10-3 boot hang" Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [99/106] ALSA: hda - VIA: Add missing support for VT1718S in A-A path Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [100/106] ALSA: hda - VIA: Fix stereo mixer recording no sound issue Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [101/106] From: iwlwifi: fix skb usage after free Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [102/106] From: intel-iommu: Fix use after release during device attach Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [103/106] From: USB: Fix unplug of device with active streams Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [104/106] From: USB: xhci - also free streams when resetting devices Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [105/106] From: 2.6.35.y: Revert "SH: Add missing consts to sys_execve() declaration" Andi Kleen
2011-04-26 21:14 ` [PATCH] [106/106] Release 2.6.35.13 Andi Kleen
2011-04-27 0:08 ` [stable] [PATCH] [0/106] 2.6.35.13 longterm review Chuck Ebbert
2011-04-27 2:58 ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-27 0:17 ` Tim Bird
2011-04-27 0:21 ` [stable] " Chuck Ebbert
2011-04-27 3:08 ` Andi Kleen
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