Return-path: Received: from smtp1.irobot.com ([206.83.81.187]:18793 "EHLO smtp1.irobot.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932826AbZKDVxv (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:53:51 -0500 Message-ID: <4AF1F7F2.1020806@irobot.com> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:53:54 -0800 From: Adam Wozniak MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: Christian Lamparter , Derek Smithies , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, nbd@openwrt.org Subject: Re: compat-wireless and minstrel References: <4AF0D54D.4090303@irobot.com> <200911041653.33737.chunkeey@googlemail.com> <200911042242.48991.chunkeey@googlemail.com> <4AF1F653.4000905@irobot.com> <43e72e890911041350i75108dc3g454ab8577d8abacd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43e72e890911041350i75108dc3g454ab8577d8abacd@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: My guess from this is that I'm using the single stage: # dmesg | grep ar9170 [ 273.608189] usb 2-1: firmware: requesting ar9170.fw [ 274.019650] Registered led device: ar9170-phy1::tx [ 274.019698] Registered led device: ar9170-phy1::assoc [ 274.019751] usbcore: registered new interface driver ar9170usb Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Adam Wozniak wrote: > >> $ ls -la /lib/firmware/ar9170* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83968 2009-10-17 15:55 /lib/firmware/ar9170-1.fw >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3508 2009-10-17 15:55 /lib/firmware/ar9170-2.fw >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15960 2009-10-17 15:55 /lib/firmware/ar9170.fw >> >> It is unclear to me which are actually used. >> > > By default the ar9170.fw is tried first, if that fails then the others > are tried. The 2-stage firmware will not be tried if your device > cannot handle it but right now only the AVM Fritz devices can't handle > the 2-stage firmware. > > Christian should we just remove 2-stage fw support? > > Luis >