Re: [PATCH] hostap: allow flashing firmware

2006-01-05 Thread Stefan Rompf
Am Donnerstag 05 Januar 2006 12:27 schrieb Ingo Oeser: > What about doing it in two steps (first RAM then FLASH)? > [...] > Is this possible or too simple to be true? RAM firmware and flash firmware are different files, so if one works, it's no guarantee that the other will, too. Stefan - To un

Re: [PATCH] hostap: allow flashing firmware

2006-01-05 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 09:18:57PM -0800, Jouni Malinen wrote: > I'm not completely against this change, but that scary comment is there > on purpose and it is not fully obsolete. It is still possible to get > HFA3841 cards into state which require hardware modifications to recover > from (i.e., th

Re: [PATCH] hostap: allow flashing firmware

2006-01-05 Thread Ingo Oeser
Jouni Malinen schrieb: > [...] that scary comment is there > on purpose and it is not fully obsolete. It is still possible to get > HFA3841 cards into state which require hardware modifications to recover > from (i.e., they are as good as dead for most users). Taken into this > account, I would pre

Re: [PATCH] hostap: allow flashing firmware

2006-01-04 Thread Jouni Malinen
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 06:22:26PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Host AP driver has code to support writing firmware to non-volatile > memory, a.k.a. flash. This code has been extensively tested when Host > AP was a standalone driver. > > Add a configuration option to the kernel to allow enabling

[PATCH] hostap: allow flashing firmware

2005-12-30 Thread Pavel Roskin
Host AP driver has code to support writing firmware to non-volatile memory, a.k.a. flash. This code has been extensively tested when Host AP was a standalone driver. Add a configuration option to the kernel to allow enabling this functionality. Improve the description of the RAM download option.