[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 4/7] mac80211: refresh Intel firmware

[Dirk Neukirchen]

On 23.08.2015 22:17, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/23/2015 12:56 PM, Dirk Neukirchen wrote:
>> - sort firmware
>> - add newer firmware for Intel chipsets
>> - newer Intel MVM require firmware
>> - ucode 13 requires Kernel 4.1+
>>
>> only compile tested
> 
> Have you looked if this would close any open feature requests / issues
> in OpenWrt trac?
> 

The first patch that adds IWLMVM should fix 
https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/19459

Forum users try to use Intel cards - example:
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=54488
Also more IWLMVM symbol then firmware issues

>> Signed-off-by: Dirk Neukirchen <dirkneukirchen at web.de>
>> ---
>>  package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile | 198 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>  1 file changed, 133 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
>>
>> +
>> +	config IWL3160_FW
>> +		bool "Intel 3160 Firmware"
>> +		default y
>> +		help
>> +		  Download and install firmware for:
>> +		    Intel Wireless WiFi 3160
>> +
>> +	config IWL3160_13_FW
>> +		bool "Intel 3160 Firmware ucode 13 (4.1+)"
>> +		default y
>> +		depends on LINUX_4_1
>> +		help
>> +		  Download and install firmware for:
>> +		    Intel Wireless WiFi 3160
> 
> Does this really depend on the kernel version and not on the iwl driver
> version? OpenWrt uses the driver from a very recent wireless tree, so it
> should be equivalent to something between 4.2 and 4.3 now.
> 
> I would suggest just using the most recent firmware files for the Intel
> wifi devices.
> 
I submitted an updated version of the patch - the kernel "version" only
means that the driver has *some* (?) git commits and a bump in the ABI version

Intel has some changelog for their firmware but the linux-firmware commits dont contain these.
Sometimes other firmware repos contain these but those differ from main linux-firmware
( https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/linux-firmware/ has ucode-14 
and sometimes include changelogs )

> Hauke
> 
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