| To: | Feyd <feyd@xxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: ipw2100: firmware problem |
| From: | Simon Kelley <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:46:10 +0100 |
| Cc: | Jirka Bohac <jbohac@xxxxxxx>, Denis Vlasenko <vda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, Netdev list <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, kernel list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Feyd wrote: On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:42:08 +0100 Simon Kelley <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:The atmel driver includes a small firmware stub which does nothing but determine the MAC address, to solve this problem. This is compiled intoDoes it power-down the card after reading the MAC? Yes, it loads the special firmware, runs it to get the MAC, and then returns the card to quiesent state, ready for the real firmware load which happens at device open time. Cheers, Simon. |
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