From: Pavel Roskin Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:22:26 +0000 (-0500) Subject: [PATCH] hostap: allow flashing firmware X-Git-Tag: v2.6.16-rc2~366^2~69^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a485cde662f5b6b2299ee01a7e9e2c11683f807b;p=linux-2.6 [PATCH] hostap: allow flashing firmware 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. Mention cards that require it. Remove obsolete scary comment. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig index 56f41c714d..c8f6286dd3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig @@ -26,11 +26,25 @@ config HOSTAP_FIRMWARE depends on HOSTAP ---help--- Configure Host AP driver to include support for firmware image - download. Current version supports only downloading to volatile, i.e., - RAM memory. Flash upgrade is not yet supported. + download. This option by itself only enables downloading to the + volatile memory, i.e. the card RAM. This option is required to + support cards that don't have firmware in flash, such as D-Link + DWL-520 rev E and D-Link DWL-650 rev P. - Firmware image downloading needs user space tool, prism2_srec. It is - available from http://hostap.epitest.fi/. + Firmware image downloading needs a user space tool, prism2_srec. + It is available from http://hostap.epitest.fi/. + +config HOSTAP_FIRMWARE_NVRAM + bool "Support for non-volatile firmware download" + depends on HOSTAP_FIRMWARE + ---help--- + Allow Host AP driver to write firmware images to the non-volatile + card memory, i.e. flash memory that survives power cycling. + Enable this option if you want to be able to change card firmware + permanently. + + Firmware image downloading needs a user space tool, prism2_srec. + It is available from http://hostap.epitest.fi/. config HOSTAP_PLX tristate "Host AP driver for Prism2/2.5/3 in PLX9052 PCI adaptors" diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_config.h b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_config.h index 7ed3425d08..c090a5aebb 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_config.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_config.h @@ -21,15 +21,10 @@ #define PRISM2_DOWNLOAD_SUPPORT #endif -#ifdef PRISM2_DOWNLOAD_SUPPORT -/* Allow writing firmware images into flash, i.e., to non-volatile storage. - * Before you enable this option, you should make absolutely sure that you are - * using prism2_srec utility that comes with THIS version of the driver! - * In addition, please note that it is possible to kill your card with - * non-volatile download if you are using incorrect image. This feature has not - * been fully tested, so please be careful with it. */ -/* #define PRISM2_NON_VOLATILE_DOWNLOAD */ -#endif /* PRISM2_DOWNLOAD_SUPPORT */ +/* Allow kernel configuration to enable non-volatile download support. */ +#ifdef CONFIG_HOSTAP_FIRMWARE_NVRAM +#define PRISM2_NON_VOLATILE_DOWNLOAD +#endif /* Save low-level I/O for debugging. This should not be enabled in normal use. */