Re: [RESEND] Re: updating carl9170-1.fw in linux-firmware.git
On Tue, 03 May 2016 15:09:39 +0200 Christian Lamparter <chunk...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Thursday, April 21, 2016 03:22:15 PM Kalle Valo wrote: > > Christian Lamparter <chunk...@googlemail.com> writes: > > > > > Maintainers. So for those people reading the fw list: > > > > > > What would it take to update the carl9170-1.fw firmware file in your > > > repository to the latest version? > > > > Thanks for following up on this. It would be good to solve this finally. > Well, this was almost two weeks and no update yet. > Kalle, can you please apply the "[PATCH v2] carl9170: Clarify kconfig text" > patch from "Lauri Kasanen <c...@gmx.com>" [0]. > > [0] <https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless=146081633405880> Seems we missed 4.7? - Lauri -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
[PATCH v3] carl9170: Clarify kconfig text
The previous text was confusing, leading readers to think this driver was a duplicate, and so didn't need to be enabled. After the removal of the older staging driver, this is the only driver in mainline for these devices. Signed-off-by: Lauri Kasanen <c...@gmx.com> --- v3: Remove all firmware mentions. drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig | 8 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig index 1a796e5..ca1ae09 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig @@ -5,13 +5,7 @@ config CARL9170 select FW_LOADER select CRC32 help - This is another driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. - - This driver provides more features than the original, - but it needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw) to do that. - - The firmware can be downloaded from our wiki here: - <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170> + This is the mainline driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. If you choose to build a module, it'll be called carl9170. -- 2.6.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
[PATCH v2] carl9170: Clarify kconfig text
The previous text was confusing, leading readers to think this driver was a duplicate, and so didn't need to be enabled. After the removal of the older staging driver, this is the only driver in mainline for these devices. Signed-off-by: Lauri Kasanen <c...@gmx.com> --- v2: Remove the mention of the previous driver, suggested by Christian. drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig | 8 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig index 1a796e5..2e34bae 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig @@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ config CARL9170 select FW_LOADER select CRC32 help - This is another driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. + This is the mainline driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. - This driver provides more features than the original, - but it needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw) to do that. - - The firmware can be downloaded from our wiki here: + It needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw), which can be downloaded + from our wiki here: <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170> If you choose to build a module, it'll be called carl9170. -- 2.6.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
[PATCH] carl9170: Clarify kconfig text
The previous text was confusing, leading readers to think this driver was a duplicate, and so didn't need to be enabled. After the removal of the older staging driver, this is the only driver in mainline for these devices. Signed-off-by: Lauri Kasanen <c...@gmx.com> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig index 1a796e5..f3e3222 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config CARL9170 select FW_LOADER select CRC32 help - This is another driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. + This is the mainline driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. This driver provides more features than the original, but it needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw) to do that. -- 2.6.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
