iwlagn: no version check for experimental uCode

For experimental uCode, it should work with the driver
if driver has experimental uCode support option enabled;
remove the API version checking.

Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index 763a93d832f8..1b682ddcf4e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -2104,18 +2104,23 @@ static void iwl_ucode_callback(const struct firmware *ucode_raw, void *context)
          * firmware filename ... but we don't check for that and only rely
          * on the API version read from firmware header from here on forward
          */
-        if (api_ver < api_min || api_ver > api_max) {
-                IWL_ERR(priv, "Driver unable to support your firmware API. "
-                          "Driver supports v%u, firmware is v%u.\n",
-                          api_max, api_ver);
-                goto try_again;
-        }
+        /* no api version check required for experimental uCode */
+        if (priv->fw_index != UCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_INDEX) {
+                if (api_ver < api_min || api_ver > api_max) {
+                        IWL_ERR(priv,
+                                "Driver unable to support your firmware API. "
+                                "Driver supports v%u, firmware is v%u.\n",
+                                api_max, api_ver);
+                        goto try_again;
+                }
 
-        if (api_ver != api_max)
-                IWL_ERR(priv, "Firmware has old API version. Expected v%u, "
-                          "got v%u. New firmware can be obtained "
-                          "from http://www.intellinuxwireless.org.\n",
-                          api_max, api_ver);
+                if (api_ver != api_max)
+                        IWL_ERR(priv,
+                                "Firmware has old API version. Expected v%u, "
+                                "got v%u. New firmware can be obtained "
+                                "from http://www.intellinuxwireless.org.\n",
+                                api_max, api_ver);
+        }
 
         if (build)
                 sprintf(buildstr, " build %u%s", build,