Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759976Ab1D0UtT (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:49:19 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:36001 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751227Ab1D0UtR (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:49:17 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: tim.gardner@canonical.com Cc: wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com, Andi Kleen , donald.h.fry@intel.com, sgruszka@redhat.com, gregkh@suse.de, ak@linux.intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, tim.bird@am.sony.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] [96/106] iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:42:46 MDT." <4DB85596.4070105@canonical.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20110426212.641772347@firstfloor.org> <20110426211418.AF9B93E1886@tassilo.jf.intel.com> <4DB85596.4070105@canonical.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1303937247_5269P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:47:27 -0400 Message-ID: <38255.1303937247@localhost> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=neutral-1, source=Fixed, refid=n/a, actions=MAILHURDLE SPF TAG X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=dagger.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A02020A.4DB880E1.00CD,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1613 Lines: 47 --==_Exmh_1303937247_5269P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:42:46 MDT, Tim Gardner said: > On 04/26/2011 03:14 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: > > 2.6.35-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > From: Fry, Donald H > > > > commit 41504cce240f791f1e16561db95728c5537fbad9 upstream. > > > > New iwlwifi-5000 microcode requires driver support for API version 5. > Will this cause any issues with the existing 2.6.35.12 iwl-5000 driver? > Is the version 5 API backwards compatible? Ubuntu installs > iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode by default in order to support compat-wireless > backports from 2.6.3[678], so I'd hate to break those folks that are > using the stock 2.6.35.y driver. I can't speak to Ubuntu, but I hit this on Fedora Rawhide a while ago, they ended including several versions so different kernels would work OK: % rpm -ql iwl5000-firmware /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode --==_Exmh_1303937247_5269P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFNuIDfcC3lWbTT17ARAoDhAJ9m19jnx9Ggnz3k9nsH3UYJ1fTPdwCgvYg0 46YxKTWNm3MDeE3V3YaAhQk= =UuHY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1303937247_5269P-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/