From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Henrik Brix Andersen Subject: Re: [PATCH] hostap: allow flashing firmware Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:34:58 +0100 Message-ID: <20060105113458.GC14998@osgiliath.brixandersen.dk> References: <1135984946.17805.21.camel@dv> <20060105051857.GO8939@jm.kir.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1931543265==" Cc: NetDev Return-path: To: hostap@shmoo.com In-Reply-To: <20060105051857.GO8939@jm.kir.nu> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: hostap-bounces+gldh-hostap-597=gmane.org@shmoo.com Errors-To: hostap-bounces+gldh-hostap-597=gmane.org@shmoo.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org --===============1931543265== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C" Content-Disposition: inline --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 09:18:57PM -0800, Jouni Malinen wrote: > I'm not completely against this change, but that scary comment is there > on purpose and it is not fully obsolete. It is still possible to get > HFA3841 cards into state which require hardware modifications to recover > from (i.e., they are as good as dead for most users). Taken into this > account, I would prefer that the help text for HOSTAP_FIRMWARE_NVRAM > would include a warning about the potential issues of using incorrect > firmware images. In most cases, RAM (volatile) download can be used to > upgrade the firmware without having to modify the flash contents. This > is also what the current Windows drivers are doing. I would welcome such a warning as well - perhaps make CONFIG_HOSTAP_FIRMWARE_NVRAM depend on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL as well? Regards, Brix --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen Gentoo Metadistribution | Mobile computing herd --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: GnuPG signed iD8DBQFDvQRiv+Q4flTiePgRAlCuAKC4HG0k/iVzxBJBfvcSdGtr4Y8hpQCeJBWV jIszB6HooEgZdyRDDblBxVE= =4x/Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NU0Ex4SbNnrxsi6C-- --===============1931543265== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ HostAP mailing list HostAP@shmoo.com http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/hostap --===============1931543265==--