0.7.5 to 1.4.9 firmware upgrade?? [SOLVED]

[Pedro Estrela]

hello all,

As part of the hostap documentation effort:

I've managed to upgrade the STA firmware to the latest 1.4.9 of my compaq
PCMCIA WL100 cards, based on Prism2 chipset (HFA3841, NICID 0x8002) using
the firmware that was posted ealier on this list for this chipset
(http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostap/2002-08/1540.html), (which, for reference,
I repeat on this message).
Also, please note that firmwares avaliable at www.Netgate.com are for
prism2.5 and prism3 only.

To perform the actual flashing I've used the Intersil windows utility
(WinUpdate-0-5-1-0.exe) that is inside
(ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/DWL650/Firmware/dwl650_firmware_8c2.exe)
(source: http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostap/2002-07/1379.html). As noted
before, this utility checks if the type of firmware is compatible with your
particular hardware.

Also, as a final test, i've used the latest Compaq firmware utility (inside
softpaq sp15584.exe) to revert the card back to 0.8.0, and i've performed
again the firmware update, without any problems. (i.e., 0.8.0 => 1.4.9 =>
0.8.0 => 1.4.9).

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Starting point:
Compaq WL100 with STA 0.8.0
Oct 16 01:21:18 estrela kernel: prism2_hw_config()
Oct 16 01:21:18 estrela kernel: prism2_hw_config: initialized in 9747
iterations
Oct 16 01:21:18 estrela kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8002 v1.0.1
Oct 16 01:21:18 estrela kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v0.3.0
Oct 16 01:21:18 estrela kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v0.8.0
Oct 16 01:21:18 estrela kernel: Using data::nullfunc ACK workaround -
firmware upgrade recommended

Problems:
a) data::nullfunc ACK workaround. (see above)
b) in high load situations there were many many INFDROP events generated on
the driver.

Ending Point:
Compaq WL100 with STA 1.4.9
Oct 15 19:28:17 estrela kernel: prism2_hw_init()
Oct 15 19:28:17 estrela kernel: prism2_hw_config: initialized in 9859
iterations
Oct 15 19:28:17 estrela kernel: wlan0: NIC: id=0x8002 v1.0.1
Oct 15 19:28:17 estrela kernel: wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v0.3.0
Oct 15 19:28:17 estrela kernel: wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v1.4.9

Problems:
a) solved
b) in same high load situation, there are no INFDROP events.

Pedro Estrela

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruno Lopes F. Cabral" <bruno at openline.com.br>
To: <hostap at shmoo.com>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: 0.7.5 to 1.4.9 firmware upgrade??

> Hi there
>
> I have several USR2445 pccards, which are based on prism
> chipset with the following firmware info:
>
> wlan0: NIC: id=0x8002 v1.0.0
> wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v0.3.0
> wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v0.7.5
>
> I'm using these cards with openap linux (on a USR2450
> AP), hostap driver version 2002-05-19, kernel 2.4.17
>
> hostap_cs: hostap_cs.c 0.0.0 2002-05-19 (SSH Communications Security Corp,
Joun)
> hostap_cs: (c) SSH Communications Security Corp <jkm at ssh.com>
> hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
> hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wlan0
>
> I'd like to know if it is possible/recommended to upgrade
> them to a newer firmware (i.e. 1.4.9) or it would be
> better to stick with the one it has now.
>
> my goal is to use the firmware wep encription of 1.4.9
> because the  driver's wep make the unit run about 25%
> slower (this "beast" has a 486SX/33 running the system),
> but only if it is safe to do so
>
> thanks in advance for any hints/tips on this topic
>
> Cheers,
> !3runo
> from Brazil
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