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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c index e293a7921bf0..fdb4df2dd2ad 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c @@ -2508,6 +2508,13 @@ static int b43_upload_microcode(struct b43_wldev *dev) b43_print_fw_helptext(dev->wl, 1); err = -EOPNOTSUPP; goto error; + } else if (fwrev >= 598) { + b43err(dev->wl, "YOUR FIRMWARE IS TOO NEW. Support for " + "firmware 598 and up requires kernel 3.2 or newer. You " + "have to install older firmware or upgrade kernel.\n"); + b43_print_fw_helptext(dev->wl, 1); + err = -EOPNOTSUPP; + goto error; } dev->fw.rev = fwrev; dev->fw.patch = fwpatch; |