> From: Johannes Berg [mailto:johan...@sipsolutions.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 5:53 PM
> To: Amitkumar Karwar; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Cathy Luo; Nishant Sarmukadam
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] mwifiex fixes
>
> On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 04:15 -0800, Amitkumar Karwar wrote:
> > These patches include few fixes for mwifiex and add a debugfs file for
> > chip reset.
> >
>
> A lot of these "fixes" look like new firmware features to me (e.g.
> interface limits, sms4 cipher, pattern length).
These features are supported even with older firmwares. It’s just that they are
advertised now to meet specific requirements from customer.
sms4 cipher - WAPI is supported in firmware for long time.
interface limits - Interface limit has been changed, but total number of
maximum interfaces are same. Change is compatible with older firmware.
pattern length - User provided pattern length (wildcard bytes + actual bytes)
has been increased to accommodate more wildcard bytes. No change in actual
packet length supported by firmware.
>
> First of all - is that really appropriate as "fixes", what tree are you
> targeting?
Most of the patches in this series are fixes. Hence I used word 'fixes'. I am
targeting them for wireless-drivers-next tree only.
>
> And secondly, how are you making sure the user won't have an older
> firmware version where this will presumably cause crashes?
>
This patch series doesn’t include any new feature which aren't supported by
older firmware.
Regards,
Amitkumar
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