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| author | Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> | 2005-12-30 18:22:26 -0500 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2006-01-16 16:51:53 -0500 |
| commit | a485cde662f5b6b2299ee01a7e9e2c11683f807b (patch) | |
| tree | 359f04714e13c7010fa0f63d6968211d658c3af7 /drivers/net/wireless/hostap | |
| parent | d834a41c966c6a20368fadb59248740935e6fbae (diff) | |
| download | linux-a485cde662f5b6b2299ee01a7e9e2c11683f807b.tar.bz2 | |
[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 <proski@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/hostap')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_config.h | 13 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig index 56f41c714d38..c8f6286dd35f 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 7ed3425d08c1..c090a5aebb58 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. */ |