Libertas firmware

2015-06-04 Thread George Hunt
I downloaded James new kernel. And found that it did indeed bring up the graphics chip, and considerable functionality.(light-dm seems to take 90%cpu for 30 seconds, before xfce desktop comes up -- a symptom I have not fully explored) But when I looked at the dmesg, there was mention of not being

Re: Libertas firmware

2015-06-04 Thread George Hunt
tried removing sdio8686.bin from /lib/modules/libertas again. And this time it failed (as I expected it to). Too much focus, or too much wine! Time for bed On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 11:05 PM, George Hunt georgejh...@gmail.com wrote: I downloaded James new kernel. And found that it did indeed

Re: Libertas firmware

2015-06-04 Thread James Cameron
Briefly, you're saying that Fedora 22 firmware bundle for the wireless device is no longer compatible with the hardware. Thanks for the research! -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: libertas firmware version query

2008-11-20 Thread Peter Robinson
So is there a reason p20 isn't in use? Or is there no requirement for the features/fixes it has? Peter On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! For differences between firmware releases: http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/libertas/RELEASE_NOTES. The

Re: libertas firmware version query

2008-11-20 Thread Ricardo Carrano
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Peter Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So is there a reason p20 isn't in use? Or is there no requirement for the features/fixes it has? p20 does not fix bugs and its new features are currently under test and development (on the driver side). So, the recommended

Re: libertas firmware version query

2008-11-20 Thread Peter Robinson
So is there a reason p20 isn't in use? Or is there no requirement for the features/fixes it has? p20 does not fix bugs and its new features are currently under test and development (on the driver side). So, the recommended version is still p18. Cool, sounds like it might be a test case for

libertas firmware version query

2008-11-19 Thread Peter Robinson
Hi All, Quick query on the libertas-usb8388-firmware package. Is the firmware version dependent on the kernel version or anything else? The reason I ask is that the version in joyride is 2:5.110.22.p18-1.olpc2 from the old olpc2 branch and the one in Fedora mainline is 2:5.110.22.p14-1.fc10. So

Re: libertas firmware version query

2008-11-19 Thread Daniel Drake
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:59 PM, Peter Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quick query on the libertas-usb8388-firmware package. Is the firmware version dependent on the kernel version or anything else? The reason I ask is that the version in joyride is 2:5.110.22.p18-1.olpc2 from the old olpc2

Re: libertas firmware version query

2008-11-19 Thread Ricardo Carrano
Hi! For differences between firmware releases: http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/libertas/RELEASE_NOTES. The current recommended firmware release is 22.p18. Cheers! Ricardo Carrano On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Peter Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Quick query on the

Re: libertas firmware version query

2008-11-19 Thread S Page
Ricardo Carrano wrote: For differences between firmware releases: http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/libertas/RELEASE_NOTES. The current recommended firmware release is 22.p18. Nice, I added these to the http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Libertas wiki page I've never flashed the Libertas firmware

Re: libertas firmware version query

2008-11-19 Thread Ricardo Carrano
/go/Libertas wiki page I've never flashed the Libertas firmware on my 2007 G1G1 XO, yet olpc-netstatus -i says I have Libertas: 5.110.22.p18 (from August 2008). Does upgrading the OS image on your XO also install new Libertas firmware, the same way that it may update Open Firmware? If so

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, my job description is simply kernel guy, not tied to XO or XS, so I will build something against your F9 kernel that you can test and will volunteer myself to keep XS libertas in sync with XO libertas until we get

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's more straight than saying: The team recommends that the only firmware to be used with the new 2.6.25 kernel is 22.p18 As a developer, I can relate 100% to that. As a release manager (and I have to play both here)

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That sounds fantastic. In my enthusiasm, I missed one bit: On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will build something against your F9 kernel that you can test The that you can test

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-14 Thread Deepak Saxena
On Sep 14 2008, at 18:36, Martin Langhoff was caught saying: On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, my job description is simply kernel guy, not tied to XO or XS, so I will build something against your F9 kernel that you can test and will volunteer

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, my job description is simply kernel guy, not tied to XO or XS, so I will build something against your F9 kernel that you can test and will volunteer myself to keep XS libertas in sync with XO libertas until we get

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's more straight than saying: The team recommends that the only firmware to be used with the new 2.6.25 kernel is 22.p18 As a developer, I can relate 100% to that. As a release manager (and I have to play both here)

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That sounds fantastic. In my enthusiasm, I missed one bit: On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will build something against your F9 kernel that you can test The that you can test

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-12 Thread Martin Dengler
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 01:10:58AM -0400, Michail Bletsas wrote: Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/12/2008 12:50:50 AM: Where is that list? Who has it? Who coordinates bugtracking for the libertas stuff? Can't be that much of a mistery. /important If that's a mystery to you

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-12 Thread Deepak Saxena
On Sep 12 2008, at 17:08, Martin Langhoff was caught saying: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 12 2008, at 14:12, Martin Langhoff was caught saying: On this same thread, yesterday... Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the XO 8.2 kernel

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-12 Thread mbletsas
]; Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED]; XS Devel [EMAIL PROTECTED]; OLPC Devel devel@lists.laptop.org; Michail Bletsas Subject: Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS On Sep 12 2008, at 17:08, Martin Langhoff was caught saying: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-12 Thread Ricardo Carrano
Martin, On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Michail Bletsas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is that list? Who has it? Who coordinates bugtracking for the libertas stuff? Can't be that much of a mistery. /important If

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-12 Thread mbletsas
]; Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED]; XS Devel server-devel@lists.laptop.org; OLPC Devel [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Michail Bletsas Subject: Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS On Sep 12 2008, at 17:08, Martin Langhoff was caught saying: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Ricardo Carrano
Martin, On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The release notes can be acessed here: http://www.laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php/Tech:FW_8388_RELEASE_NOTES 22.p18 is the current

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fedora 9 ships with a 2.6.25 kernel with a new libertas driver. Because of the changes implemented in this driver, you should use the latest firmware (22.p18). Please, never use 2.6.25 kernel with older firmware. Ok,

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Ricardo Carrano
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fedora 9 ships with a 2.6.25 kernel with a new libertas driver. Because of the changes implemented in this driver, you should use the latest

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In short, I need an overview of what works and what doesn't with F9 stock kernel and 22.p18. So far: - Deepak mentions issues w/multicast I'm not sure exactly of what we're talking about here. Could you or Deepak

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Michail Bletsas
: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In short, I need an overview of what works and what doesn't with F9 stock kernel and 22.p18. So far: - Deepak mentions issues w/multicast I'm not sure exactly of what we're

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Michail Bletsas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our advice is to use 5.110.22.p18 Sorry if I am sounding difficult -- I am just trying to understand the upsides and downsides of 22.p18 Clearly, it fixes some bugs we knew about and we already know it introduces others.

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Michail Bletsas
Clearly, it fixes some bugs we knew about and we already know it introduces others. I assume someone is keeping track of that info -- What bugs does it introduce? M___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Deepak Saxena
On Sep 12 2008, at 14:12, Martin Langhoff was caught saying: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In short, I need an overview of what works and what doesn't with F9 stock kernel and 22.p18. So far: - Deepak mentions issues w/multicast I'm not

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
with anyone -- let's focus on the info I need. I am looking for a list that has the 3 items above with some status information (version it appeared / version fixed / etc) _plus_ others that I don't know about. This list should come from the team working on the libertas firmware and driver. Where

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Michail Bletsas
Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/12/2008 12:50:50 AM: What bugs does it introduce? That is the info I am asking -- without being involved in the Libertas efforts I know of a few issues as discussed in this thread: - Deepak mentions it has an incompatibility with the F9

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 12 2008, at 14:12, Martin Langhoff was caught saying: On this same thread, yesterday... Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the XO 8.2 kernel we had to pull forward some patches from the stable 2.6.22

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Michail Bletsas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is that list? Who has it? Who coordinates bugtracking for the libertas stuff? Can't be that much of a mistery. /important If that's a mystery to you after so many months of working for OLPC, I really don't want to

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Ricardo Carrano
Hi Martin, On 9/9/08, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Michail Bletsas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - F9 libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.20.p49-1 - F9/XO (8.2-759) libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.22.p18-1 You are definitely better off using

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Deepak Saxena
images are shipping newer Libertas firmware as you can see below. The XO builds also have a few problems with the Firmware too, so I'm not entirely sure what to do... - F9 libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.20.p49-1 - F9/XO (8.2-759) libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.22.p18-1 The main question

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Ricardo Carrano
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fedora 9 ships with a 2.6.25 kernel with a new libertas driver. Because of the changes implemented in this driver, you should use the latest

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Michail Bletsas
Subject Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In short, I need an overview of what works and what doesn't with F9 stock kernel and 22.p18. So far: - Deepak mentions issues w/multicast I'm not sure exactly of what

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Michail Bletsas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our advice is to use 5.110.22.p18 Sorry if I am sounding difficult -- I am just trying to understand the upsides and downsides of 22.p18 Clearly, it fixes some bugs we knew about and we already know it introduces others.

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Deepak Saxena
On Sep 12 2008, at 14:12, Martin Langhoff was caught saying: On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In short, I need an overview of what works and what doesn't with F9 stock kernel and 22.p18. So far: - Deepak mentions issues w/multicast I'm not

Re: [Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-11 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Michail Bletsas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is that list? Who has it? Who coordinates bugtracking for the libertas stuff? Can't be that much of a mistery. /important If that's a mystery to you after so many months of working for OLPC, I really don't want to

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-10 Thread Ricardo Carrano
Hi Martin, On 9/9/08, Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Michail Bletsas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - F9 libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.20.p49-1 - F9/XO (8.2-759) libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.22.p18-1 You are definitely better off using

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-10 Thread Deepak Saxena
images are shipping newer Libertas firmware as you can see below. The XO builds also have a few problems with the Firmware too, so I'm not entirely sure what to do... - F9 libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.20.p49-1 - F9/XO (8.2-759) libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.22.p18-1 The main question

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-10 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Ricardo Carrano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The release notes can be acessed here: http://www.laptop.org/teamwiki/index.php/Tech:FW_8388_RELEASE_NOTES 22.p18 is the current version in joyride. Anything older than 22.p14 is not recommended at all (quite the

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-10 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Deepak Saxena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The main question for Libertas experts from the POV of the XS is: what firmware is most stable? On the XS power consumption and sleep are not high priority. Stability and performance over long periods of time is. Also -

Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-09 Thread Martin Langhoff
Now that I have a F9-based XS build, I've dropped the custom-compiled driver and the firmware for Libertas, hoping to use the stock standard F9. But that might be a bit optimistic :-) After a quick check it looks like the XO images are shipping newer Libertas firmware as you can see below

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-09 Thread Michail Bletsas
Martin Langhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/09/2008 07:04:31 PM: After a quick check it looks like the XO images are shipping newer Libertas firmware as you can see below. The XO builds also have a few problems with the Firmware too, so I'm not entirely sure what to do... - F9

Re: Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

2008-09-09 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Michail Bletsas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - F9 libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.20.p49-1 - F9/XO (8.2-759) libertas-usb8388-firmware-5.111.22.p18-1 You are definitely better off using 5.110.22.p18 With my release-manager hat on: can I have more info to help me