Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f207.google.com ([209.85.219.207]:55587 "EHLO mail-ew0-f207.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757468AbZKDWSP (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:18:15 -0500 Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so3659544ewy.37 for ; Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:18:19 -0800 (PST) From: Christian Lamparter To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: compat-wireless and minstrel Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:18:13 +0100 Cc: Adam Wozniak , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <4AF0D54D.4090303@irobot.com> <4AF1F653.4000905@irobot.com> <43e72e890911041350i75108dc3g454ab8577d8abacd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43e72e890911041350i75108dc3g454ab8577d8abacd@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <200911042318.13528.chunkeey@googlemail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wednesday 04 November 2009 22:50:46 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? I've moved the two-stage fw into the legacy section some time ago :) Maybe a add printk? Regards, Chr