Return-path: Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.190]:16174 "EHLO ti-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752629AbYJAJQa (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 05:16:30 -0400 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b6so179996tic.23 for ; Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:16:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: (sfid-20081001_111634_528466_A80365B3) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:46:28 +0530 From: "Anadi Mishra" To: "Holger Schurig" Subject: Re: Problem with Libertas USB8388 WLAN card firmware Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200809301307.59344.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <200809301018.31678.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> <200809301307.59344.hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Holger Schurig wrote: >> regarding rest of the things u pointed out, its all greek to >> me (I am noob). But could u plz tell me from where can i get >> the firmware details of the card >> USB8388?? > > I don't think that you have a firmware problem. > > Probably some compiler / alignment issue. > > Result codes from the firmware are 16 bit, but 0x160000 doesn't > fit into an 16 bits. So you need to search why your > compiler/hardware creates 0x160000 out of two transferred bytes. Sorry for the trouble but can u give some hint how to go about it? Thanks a lot. > But *ANY* firmware for the 8388 chips returns the result as 16 > bits, that is two bytes. If you get bogus / hosed result, you > have a problem there. And using a different firmware won't help > you there. There is an underlying problem that you need to solve > first. > > > BTW: you can get the firmware specification via this driver > portal: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/libertas > -- Thanks and Regards, Anadi Mishra, Mumbai, 9987388960.