Re: [GIT] Networking

From	"Coelho, Luciano" <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [GIT] Networking
Date	2017-09-07 07:10 +0200
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On Wed, 2017-09-06 at 21:57 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Coelho, Luciano
> <luciano.coelho@intel.com> wrote:
> > 
> > This seems to be a problem with backwards-compatibility with FW version
> > 27.  We are now in version 31[1] and upgrading will probably fix that.
> 
> I can confirm that fw version 31 works.

Great, so I know for sure that this is a backwards-compatibility issue
with the FW API.

> > But obviously the driver should not fail miserably like this with
> > version 27, because it claims to support it still.
> 
> Not just "claims to support it", but if it's what is shipped with a
> fairly recent distro like an up-to-date version of F26, I would really
> hope that the driver can still work with it.

I totally agree, we support a bunch of older versions for that exact
reason.  We just don't really test all the supported versions very
often.  We should probably change that.

I'll make sure it still works with version 27.

--
Cheers,
Luca.

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Re: [GIT] Networking Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-09-07 01:30 +0200
  Re: [GIT] Networking David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-09-07 01:40 +0200
  Re: [GIT] Networking Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-09-07 01:40 +0200
  Re: [GIT] Networking "Coelho, Luciano" <luciano.coelho@intel.com> - 2017-09-07 06:20 +0200
    Re: [GIT] Networking Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-09-07 07:00 +0200
      Re: [GIT] Networking "Coelho, Luciano" <luciano.coelho@intel.com> - 2017-09-07 07:10 +0200
        Re: [GIT] Networking Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-09-07 07:50 +0200
          [PATCH] iwlwifi: mvm: only send LEDS_CMD when the FW supports it Luca Coelho <luca@coelho.fi> - 2017-09-07 10:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mvm: only send LEDS_CMD when the FW supports it Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2017-09-07 14:40 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mvm: only send LEDS_CMD when the FW supports it Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-09-07 18:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: mvm: only send LEDS_CMD when the FW supports it Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2017-09-07 18:40 +0200
            Re: iwlwifi: mvm: only send LEDS_CMD when the FW supports it Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2017-09-07 18:50 +0200
        Re: [GIT] Networking Luca Coelho <luca@coelho.fi> - 2017-09-07 07:50 +0200

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