* WiMAX linux firmware pull request
@ 2010-09-28 18:46 Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2010-09-29 2:52 ` David Woodhouse
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From: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez @ 2010-09-28 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Woodhouse; +Cc: wimax, netdev
Hello David
I don't know if I forgot to send this request or it fell through the
cracks a fer kversions ago. Anyway, sending again.
Could you please pull
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/inaky/linux-firmware-wimax.git
This contains the firmware for the 1.5 driver release for i5x50 and
i6x50 Intel cards, which have been available in
http://linuxwimax.org/Download since.
Thanks!
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* Re: WiMAX linux firmware pull request
2010-09-28 18:46 WiMAX linux firmware pull request Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
@ 2010-09-29 2:52 ` David Woodhouse
2010-09-29 4:27 ` Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
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From: David Woodhouse @ 2010-09-29 2:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez; +Cc: wimax, netdev
On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 11:46 -0700, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez wrote:
> The 1.3 version is purged as it is not supported anymore.
Not supported by newer kernels? Or "if you are using something that
requires the 1.3 firmware, you can just fuck off and die", along the
lines of what we say to users of the 2.4 kernel?
We shouldn't drop stuff from linux-firmware.git until there really is
*no* reason to need it any more. We shouldn't force people to keep
linux-firmware in step with their kernel; they should always be able to
use the latest.
When I get home from Tokyo I'll be working on a way to specify min/max
kernel versions for each firmware image, along with a 'make install'
target which lets you say "drop anything which is only relevant to
kernels < 2.6.35' or whatever.
--
dwmw2
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* Re: WiMAX linux firmware pull request
2010-09-29 2:52 ` David Woodhouse
@ 2010-09-29 4:27 ` Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
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From: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez @ 2010-09-29 4:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Woodhouse; +Cc: wimax@linuxwimax.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 19:52 -0700, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 11:46 -0700, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez wrote:
> > The 1.3 version is purged as it is not supported anymore.
>
> Not supported by newer kernels? Or "if you are using something that
> requires the 1.3 firmware, you can just fuck off and die", along the
> lines of what we say to users of the 2.4 kernel?
Along those lines -- basically 1.3 was an experimental release and if
you have that firmware, you won't be able to connect to anything than a
very specific test setup in a lab. The code is still there because it is
just two perfectly isolated paths (if curious, check what goes with the
i2400m_le_v1_3() test) that I forgot to excise out.
> We shouldn't drop stuff from linux-firmware.git until there really is
> *no* reason to need it any more. We shouldn't force people to keep
> linux-firmware in step with their kernel; they should always be able to
> use the latest.
Yes, I am aware of that. That's why 1.4 is kept there -- 1.3 is an
special case because as I said above, it can't be used in the real world
of WiMAX,
> When I get home from Tokyo I'll be working on a way to specify min/max
> kernel versions for each firmware image, along with a 'make install'
> target which lets you say "drop anything which is only relevant to
> kernels < 2.6.35' or whatever.
That looks pretty sensible :)
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