[PATCH] ssb: fail registration for unknown SPROM revision

Larry Finger Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net
Thu Nov 18 12:02:51 EST 2010


On 11/18/2010 10:47 AM, Michael Büsch wrote:
> If it would really succeed to initialize the device, this would be a
> regulatory issue, because the sprom contains various power amplifier
> calibration data. I think it should rather fail and be fixed correctly
> instead of incorrectly using rev1 in that case.

I agree that it is better to fail than use incorrect power data.

Would it be useful if the SPROM data were logged when the revision is crap?

John: could you dump and post the data from yours? I would like to see how bad
it is.

Larry



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