[lwlan-devel] associate, then "prism2sta_commsqual_defer: error fetching commsqual"

[Josh Wyatt]

Tormod Volden wrote:
> On 2/4/07, Chris Rankin <rankincj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>[...]
>>i.e. version 1.1.4. You could try upgrading your primary fimrware:
>>
>>http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism/
>>
>>BEWARE! NEVER UPLOAD PRIMARY FIRMWARE ALONE! ALWAYS UPLOAD PRIMARY AND STATIONARY FW TOGETHER.
> 
> 
> Hi, and excuse me for chiming in, possibly without knowing too much about this:
> Is it necessary to "flash" the firmware as described in your web link,
> when you can just do the RAM upload with prism2dl instead (which
> AFAICT from Josh's logs he is already using - that would be all the
> "Writing" lines). If I have understood correctly, RAM upload is
> relatively safe, but has to be done each time, whereas "flashing" is
> more risky, but is done once for all. Josh just needs newer .hex
> files, right?
> 
> Tormod

You know, it's funny you mentioned this, because I can see that with my 2.4.34 kernel machine, the firmware images do NOT get downloaded to RAM.

I tried the instructions in the FAQ (Basically drop the firmware into the src/prism2 directory and rebuild/reinstall the driver) but it did not seem to make a difference.

However, with the 2.6.19.2 kernel machine, they do indeed.

Thanks,
Josh