Thanks a million John for offering to write a patch. Today I spoke to <span class="operatorName">Nathalie from Intel about this issue, ticket number: </span>8000209173. Nathalie said she would write to you on behalf of Intel that since Intel are prepared to have me use this card in Windows 7 (same EEPROM, same hardware), as Wey-wi also wrote yesterday, and since this card was installed by the Dell system-integrator/wholesaler and NOT by me then that same EEPROM version (VER=0x423 < 0x434 CALIB=0x5 < 0x4) should support my hardware.<br>
<br>hope this is not a big hassle for you, if I can help with the patch, please advise.<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:42 PM, John W. Linville <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linville@redhat.com">linville@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 01:27:59PM -0300, Sebastian wrote:<br>
> Thanks John for the message.<br>
> Did Wey-yi respond to your mail John?<br>
<br>
</div>I saw a reply from her -- perhaps she only sent it to me.<br>
She confirmed that the required value was as intended.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Is the "too old" Eprom, firmware conjecture reasonable, considering the card<br>
> DOES work in Windows 7 as verified?<br>
<br>
</div>"Reasonable" may be in the eye of the beholder, but it depends on<br>
what the driver does with the information it gets from the eeprom.<br>
It could be that the current linux driver is doing something with<br>
the eeprom info that the windows driver you are using doesn't do.<br>
Maybe the linux driver could be more conservative about what it<br>
does with eeprom info when the eeprom version is too old? Or maybe<br>
the windows driver is at risk of doing the wrong thing already?<br>
Maybe some later version of the windows driver will refuse to work<br>
with your hardware? I have no idea.<br>
<br>
For the most part, this is a hardware support issue for the Intel<br>
folks. If you can convince them that the earlier eeprom version<br>
should be supported for your hardware, I'll be happy to merge a patch<br>
to enable it. But if they say that your hardware will operate outside<br>
of legal limits with your eeprom's values, then I can't enable it in<br>
good conscience.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
John<br>
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