Missing iwlwifi firmwares ?

Missing iwlwifi firmwares ?

[Thomas Backlund]

Hi,

When reviewing our firmware packages I noticed a few missing iwlwifi
firmwares according to kernel-3,3,1


# modinfo iwlwifi
filename:
/lib/modules/3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko.xz
alias:          iwlagn
license:        GPL
author:         Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
<ilw@linux.intel.com>
version:        in-tree:d
description:    Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux

[...]
firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-100-6.ucode
firmware:       iwlwifi-1000-6.ucode
[...]

Theese three are missing from:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=summary

http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads


The API 5 ucodes are awailable, but the driver expect API 6...

So..., when will they be available ?
--
Thomas

Re: Missing iwlwifi firmwares ?

[Johannes Berg]

On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 00:44 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:

> When reviewing our firmware packages I noticed a few missing iwlwifi
> firmwares according to kernel-3,3,1

> [...]
> firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
> firmware:       iwlwifi-100-6.ucode
> firmware:       iwlwifi-1000-6.ucode
> [...]
> 
> Theese three are missing from:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=summary
> 
> http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads
> 
> 
> The API 5 ucodes are awailable, but the driver expect API 6...
> 
> So..., when will they be available ?

We don't really know, but it was really just due to a bug in the driver,
it should use MODULE_FIRMWARE with the latest released rather than the
latest testing version -- there's a patch in our queue to fix that.

johannes

Re: Missing iwlwifi firmwares ?

[Thomas Backlund]

22.04.2012 00:59, Johannes Berg skrev:
> On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 00:44 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> 
>> When reviewing our firmware packages I noticed a few missing iwlwifi
>> firmwares according to kernel-3,3,1
> 
>> [...]
>> firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
>> firmware:       iwlwifi-100-6.ucode
>> firmware:       iwlwifi-1000-6.ucode
>> [...]
>>
>> Theese three are missing from:
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=summary
>>
>> http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads
>>
>>
>> The API 5 ucodes are awailable, but the driver expect API 6...
>>
>> So..., when will they be available ?
> 
> We don't really know, but it was really just due to a bug in the driver,
> it should use MODULE_FIRMWARE with the latest released rather than the
> latest testing version -- there's a patch in our queue to fix that.
> 
> johannes
> 

Any pointers to that patch ?

We are entering RC stage in less than 2 weeks.

--
Thoma

Re: Missing iwlwifi firmwares ?

[Guy, Wey-Yi]

it is already in the iwlwifi tree 
 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.git;a=summary

From: Meenakshi Venkataraman <meenakshi.venkataraman@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:33:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] iwlwifi: use correct released ucode version

Report correctly the latest released version
of the iwlwifi firmware for all
iwlwifi-supported devices.

Signed-off-by: Meenakshi Venkataraman <meenakshi.venkataraman@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>

I will push it to 3.4 tomorrow.

Thanks
Wey

On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 01:21 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> 22.04.2012 00:59, Johannes Berg skrev:
> > On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 00:44 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> > 
> >> When reviewing our firmware packages I noticed a few missing iwlwifi
> >> firmwares according to kernel-3,3,1
> > 
> >> [...]
> >> firmware:       iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
> >> firmware:       iwlwifi-100-6.ucode
> >> firmware:       iwlwifi-1000-6.ucode
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> Theese three are missing from:
> >> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=summary
> >>
> >> http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads
> >>
> >>
> >> The API 5 ucodes are awailable, but the driver expect API 6...
> >>
> >> So..., when will they be available ?
> > 
> > We don't really know, but it was really just due to a bug in the driver,
> > it should use MODULE_FIRMWARE with the latest released rather than the
> > latest testing version -- there's a patch in our queue to fix that.
> > 
> > johannes
> > 
> 
> Any pointers to that patch ?
> 
> We are entering RC stage in less than 2 weeks.
> 
> --
> Thoma
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Re: Missing iwlwifi firmwares ?

[Thomas Backlund]

22.04.2012 03:34, Guy, Wey-Yi skrev:
> it is already in the iwlwifi tree 
>  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.git;a=summary
> 
> From: Meenakshi Venkataraman <meenakshi.venkataraman@intel.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:33:36 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] iwlwifi: use correct released ucode version
> 
> Report correctly the latest released version
> of the iwlwifi firmware for all
> iwlwifi-supported devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Meenakshi Venkataraman <meenakshi.venkataraman@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
> 
> I will push it to 3.4 tomorrow.
> 
> Thanks
> Wey


Found it, thanks!

btw, shouldn't that patch have a cc: stable@ for atleast 3.3 ?

--
Thomas

Re: Missing iwlwifi firmwares ?

[Guy, Wey-Yi]

On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 12:41 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> 22.04.2012 03:34, Guy, Wey-Yi skrev:
> > it is already in the iwlwifi tree 
> >  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.git;a=summary
> > 
> > From: Meenakshi Venkataraman <meenakshi.venkataraman@intel.com>
> > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:33:36 -0700
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] iwlwifi: use correct released ucode version
> > 
> > Report correctly the latest released version
> > of the iwlwifi firmware for all
> > iwlwifi-supported devices.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Meenakshi Venkataraman <meenakshi.venkataraman@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
> > 
> > I will push it to 3.4 tomorrow.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Wey
> 
> 
> Found it, thanks!
> 
> btw, shouldn't that patch have a cc: stable@ for atleast 3.3 ?
> 
Yes, I am preparing the patch to push today

Thanks
Wey