iwl-1000 firmware versions 1 and 2 are nowhere to be found

DISCUSSION Tim Gardner 4 participants 5 messages Sep 30, 2009

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Tim Gardner

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2009-09-30 18:03 UTC #0 lore raw

Reinette,

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

rtg

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Tim Gardner [email protected]

reinette chatre

2009-09-30 18:16 UTC #1 lore raw

Hi Tim,

Quoted 7 lines · Tim Gardner

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 <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 17 09:30:22 2009 -0700

iwlwifi: update 1000 series API version to match firmware

commit 02c06e4abc0680afd31bf481a803541556757fb6

Author: Wey-Yi Guy <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 17 09:30:14 2009 -0700

iwlagn: modify digital SVR for 1000

commit 415e49936b4b29b34c2fb561eeab867d41fc43a6

Author: Wey-Yi Guy <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Aug 13 13:30:54 2009 -0700

iwlwifi: traverse linklist to find the valid OTP block

commit f7ea097d9b4e61a816c041c92548aad7c7ed7915

Author: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 11:13:12 2009 -0700

iwlagn: fix null pointer access during ucode load on 1000

Reinette

Tim Gardner

author

2009-09-30 18:54 UTC #2 lore raw

Quoted 44 lines · reinette chatre

Hi Tim,
Quoted 7 lines · Tim Gardner
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 <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 17 09:30:22 2009 -0700
iwlwifi: update 1000 series API version to match firmware
commit 02c06e4abc0680afd31bf481a803541556757fb6
Author: Wey-Yi Guy <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 17 09:30:14 2009 -0700
iwlagn: modify digital SVR for 1000
commit 415e49936b4b29b34c2fb561eeab867d41fc43a6
Author: Wey-Yi Guy <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Aug 13 13:30:54 2009 -0700
iwlwifi: traverse linklist to find the valid OTP block

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commit f7ea097d9b4e61a816c041c92548aad7c7ed7915
Author: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 11:13:12 2009 -0700
iwlagn: fix null pointer access during ucode load on 1000
Reinette

Hmm, I think I'll just disable the 2 PCI IDs for these cards since they never really worked in 2.6.31 anyways. Does that make sense to you? The above patch sets are too invasive at this point in the Karmic release cycle. compat-wireless to the rescue.

rtg

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Tim Gardner [email protected]

John W. Linville

2009-09-30 19:00 UTC #3 lore raw

In reply to reinette chatre

Perhaps these should go in the stable series?

John

Quoted 60 lines · reinette chatre

Hi Tim,
Quoted 7 lines · Tim Gardner
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 <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 17 09:30:22 2009 -0700
iwlwifi: update 1000 series API version to match firmware
commit 02c06e4abc0680afd31bf481a803541556757fb6
Author: Wey-Yi Guy <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 17 09:30:14 2009 -0700
iwlagn: modify digital SVR for 1000
commit 415e49936b4b29b34c2fb561eeab867d41fc43a6
Author: Wey-Yi Guy <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Aug 13 13:30:54 2009 -0700
iwlwifi: traverse linklist to find the valid OTP block
commit f7ea097d9b4e61a816c041c92548aad7c7ed7915
Author: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jul 24 11:13:12 2009 -0700
iwlagn: fix null pointer access during ucode load on 1000
Reinette
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Luis R. Rodriguez

2009-09-30 19:14 UTC #4 lore raw

In reply to reinette chatre

Quoted 8 lines · reinette chatre

Hi Tim,
Quoted 5 lines · Tim Gardner
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 ?

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Quoted 2 lines
BugLink http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439285
2.6.31 needs a few more patches to fully support 1000 series

So just a heads up the stable compat-wireless stuff is here:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable/

I'll soon make a release based on 2.6.32-rc1, but I thought 2.6.32-rc1 was going to be busted, not sure yet, it may be. We probably should wait for rc2.

Luis