Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:33602 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754471Ab0KRRDG (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:03:06 -0500 Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so116240fxm.19 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:03:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CE55C3B.6020803@lwfinger.net> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:02:51 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGFlbCBCw7xzY2g=?= CC: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ssb: fail registration for unknown SPROM revision References: <1288823326-9686-1-git-send-email-zajec5@gmail.com> <1288823326-9686-2-git-send-email-zajec5@gmail.com> <20101116212321.GF10774@tuxdriver.com> <1290013976.2513.14.camel@maggie> <20101118162748.GB2468@tuxdriver.com> <1290098156.12596.2.camel@maggie> (sfid-20101118_174421_892253_3B53C8D3) <1290098865.12596.6.camel@maggie> In-Reply-To: <1290098865.12596.6.camel@maggie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11/18/2010 10:47 AM, Michael Büsch wrote: > If it would really succeed to initialize the device, this would be a > regulatory issue, because the sprom contains various power amplifier > calibration data. I think it should rather fail and be fixed correctly > instead of incorrectly using rev1 in that case. I agree that it is better to fail than use incorrect power data. Would it be useful if the SPROM data were logged when the revision is crap? John: could you dump and post the data from yours? I would like to see how bad it is. Larry