Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:23406 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754660AbZI3SQg (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:16:36 -0400 Subject: Re: iwl-1000 firmware versions 1 and 2 are nowhere to be found From: reinette chatre To: "tim.gardner@canonical.com" Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <4AC39D6F.5070308@canonical.com> References: <4AC39D6F.5070308@canonical.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:16:26 -0700 Message-Id: <1254334586.26521.1617.camel@rc-desk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Tim, On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 11:03 -0700, Tim Gardner wrote: > I've got a user complaining that the iwl-1000 firmware version required > by 2.6.31 doesn't exist. Indeed, IWL1000_UCODE_API_MAX is 2, yet the > only firmware available from http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads > is iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode. Shall I just tell him to install compat-wireless ? > > BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439285 > 2.6.31 needs a few more patches to fully support 1000 series, among these is the patch that can parse a new ucode header format and another patch to update the ucode API. Depending on the requirements it may be easier to backport those patches or to just use compat-wireless. That will be the user's decision. Here is the list of patches: commit cc0f555d511a5fe9d4519334c8f674a1dbab9e3a Author: Jay Sternberg Date: Fri Jul 17 09:30:16 2009 -0700 iwlwifi: Handle new firmware file with ucode build number in header commit cce53aa347c1e023d967b1cb1aa393c725aedba5 Author: Jay Sternberg Date: Fri Jul 17 09:30:22 2009 -0700 iwlwifi: update 1000 series API version to match firmware commit 02c06e4abc0680afd31bf481a803541556757fb6 Author: Wey-Yi Guy Date: Fri Jul 17 09:30:14 2009 -0700 iwlagn: modify digital SVR for 1000 commit 415e49936b4b29b34c2fb561eeab867d41fc43a6 Author: Wey-Yi Guy Date: Thu Aug 13 13:30:54 2009 -0700 iwlwifi: traverse linklist to find the valid OTP block commit f7ea097d9b4e61a816c041c92548aad7c7ed7915 Author: Reinette Chatre Date: Fri Jul 24 11:13:12 2009 -0700 iwlagn: fix null pointer access during ucode load on 1000 Reinette