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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c index 763a93d832f..1b682ddcf4e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c @@ -2104,18 +2104,23 @@ static void iwl_ucode_callback(const struct firmware *ucode_raw, void *context) * firmware filename ... but we don't check for that and only rely * on the API version read from firmware header from here on forward */ - if (api_ver < api_min || api_ver > api_max) { - IWL_ERR(priv, "Driver unable to support your firmware API. " - "Driver supports v%u, firmware is v%u.\n", - api_max, api_ver); - goto try_again; - } + /* no api version check required for experimental uCode */ + if (priv->fw_index != UCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_INDEX) { + if (api_ver < api_min || api_ver > api_max) { + IWL_ERR(priv, + "Driver unable to support your firmware API. " + "Driver supports v%u, firmware is v%u.\n", + api_max, api_ver); + goto try_again; + } - if (api_ver != api_max) - IWL_ERR(priv, "Firmware has old API version. Expected v%u, " - "got v%u. New firmware can be obtained " - "from http://www.intellinuxwireless.org.\n", - api_max, api_ver); + if (api_ver != api_max) + IWL_ERR(priv, + "Firmware has old API version. Expected v%u, " + "got v%u. New firmware can be obtained " + "from http://www.intellinuxwireless.org.\n", + api_max, api_ver); + } if (build) sprintf(buildstr, " build %u%s", build, |