[Lucid, Maverick linux-firmware] SRU: Pull fw for ath9k-htc

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Fri Feb 18 18:14:04 UTC 2011


On 02/18/2011 10:39 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
> SRU Justification:
>
> Impact: The ath9k-htc module is contained in the compat-wireless-2.6.37
> backports for Lucid and Maverick. However the firmware for that module
> is missing.
>
> Fix: Import the firmware file from the official firmware repository
> (already included in Natty). This is a separate new file. So regressions
> are not to be expected.
>
> Testcase: Inserting a wireless dongle that requires the ath9k-htc module
> fails without this.
>
> -Stefan
>
>  From ed45e0a9924c0ed2132e2d3b403d3775aefdee63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Stefan Bader<stefan.bader at canonical.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:34:41 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU: Pull firmware for ath9k-htc from Natty
>
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/721393
>
> This module is brought back to Maverick and Lucid by the compat-
> wireless-2.6.37 backports package. It requires this firmware to
> work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader<stefan.bader at canonical.com>
> ---
>   ar7010_1_1.fw |  Bin 0 ->  70624 bytes
>   1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 ar7010_1_1.fw
>

applied and uploaded

-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com




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