Well, FWIW I offered to _merge_ a patch. :-) But, if I get some confirmation from a credible source at Intel that simply honoring the earlier version is sufficient I should have no particular problem squeezing-out such a patch. John On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 03:51:34PM -0300, Sebastian wrote: > Thanks a million John for offering to write a patch. Today I spoke to Nathalie > from Intel about this issue, ticket number: 8000209173. Nathalie said she > would write to you on behalf of Intel that since Intel are prepared to have > me use this card in Windows 7 (same EEPROM, same hardware), as Wey-wi also > wrote yesterday, and since this card was installed by the Dell > system-integrator/wholesaler and NOT by me then that same EEPROM version > (VER=0x423 < 0x434 CALIB=0x5 < 0x4) should support my hardware. > > hope this is not a big hassle for you, if I can help with the patch, please > advise. > > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:42 PM, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 01:27:59PM -0300, Sebastian wrote: > > > Thanks John for the message. > > > Did Wey-yi respond to your mail John? > > > > I saw a reply from her -- perhaps she only sent it to me. > > She confirmed that the required value was as intended. > > > > > Is the "too old" Eprom, firmware conjecture reasonable, considering the > > card > > > DOES work in Windows 7 as verified? > > > > "Reasonable" may be in the eye of the beholder, but it depends on > > what the driver does with the information it gets from the eeprom. > > It could be that the current linux driver is doing something with > > the eeprom info that the windows driver you are using doesn't do. > > Maybe the linux driver could be more conservative about what it > > does with eeprom info when the eeprom version is too old? Or maybe > > the windows driver is at risk of doing the wrong thing already? > > Maybe some later version of the windows driver will refuse to work > > with your hardware? I have no idea. > > > > For the most part, this is a hardware support issue for the Intel > > folks. If you can convince them that the earlier eeprom version > > should be supported for your hardware, I'll be happy to merge a patch > > to enable it. But if they say that your hardware will operate outside > > of legal limits with your eeprom's values, then I can't enable it in > > good conscience. > > > > John > > -- > > John W. Linville The truth will set you free, but first it > > will > > linville@xxxxxxxxxx make you miserable. -- James A. > > Garfield > > -- > > users mailing list > > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines -- John W. Linville The truth will set you free, but first it will linville@xxxxxxxxxx make you miserable. -- James A. Garfield -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
