[Prism54-devel] [prism54-usb] DWL-G122 and FW 2.4.6.0 differences

[Jean-Baptiste Note]

Hello,

Feyd <feyd at seznam.cz> said :
> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:52:36 +0800 (WST)
> Ian Kent <raven at themaw.net> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Given that the DWL-G122 using firmware 2.4.6.0 appears to have different 
>> offsets for (at least) the MAC address and the frequencies in the 
>> management frame, how should we handle this?
>
> I doubt that the API differs among the SotfMAC firmwares (it is possible
> though). More likely the frame start doesn't have to match an offset after
> the USB transfer start, rather it is marked somehow. If that is the case
> we can find how by comparing the frames. Can you post your frame and the
> different one? Mine folows.

I think that the current code does this. At least I knew some time ago
where to look for the offset, which seemed indeed encoded in the
management frame :) I'll have a look at this this evening.

>> Should a decode function be used to capture the differences in a single 
>> place or do we want multiple structure definitions?

>From what i gathered, a decode function is undoubtedly better, because
there are so many firmwares :)

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