New QMI driver (version 2.36) without any changes?

IoT Modules MC/EM Series
1

I noticed that there was a new driver version available on
source.sierrawireless.com/resour … n2,-d-,36/

But diffing it against the previous release shows that only the version number has changed. Was this intentional, or did something go wrong in the release process?

2

Hi,
was just going through the driver release notes… http://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airprime/software/release_notes/usb-drivers-linux-qmi-release-note-1,-d-,15/

As per that this new driver version has a fix for compilation on 3.12 kernel for network drivers…

-Alex

3

Yes, I saw that. But the only code change is this:

$ tar jxvf SierraLinuxQMIdriversS2.25N2.35.tar.bz2
S2.25N2.35/
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/usbnet_2_6_35.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/QMIDevice.h
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/Makefile
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/usbnet_3_12_xx.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/Structs.h
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/usbnet_3_0_6.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/usbnet_3_10_21.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/QMI.h
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/QMIDevice.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/usbnet_2_6_32.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/GobiUSBNet.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/gobi_usbnet.h
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/QMI.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/Readme.txt
S2.25N2.35/GobiSerial/
S2.25N2.35/GobiSerial/Makefile
S2.25N2.35/GobiSerial/GobiSerial.c
S2.25N2.35/GobiSerial/Readme.txt

$ tar jxvf SierraLinuxQMIdriversS2.25N2.36.tar.bz2
S2.25N2.36/
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/usbnet_2_6_35.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/QMIDevice.h
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/Makefile
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/usbnet_3_12_xx.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/Structs.h
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/usbnet_3_0_6.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/usbnet_3_10_21.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/QMI.h
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/QMIDevice.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/usbnet_2_6_32.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/GobiUSBNet.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/gobi_usbnet.h
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/QMI.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/Readme.txt
S2.25N2.36/GobiSerial/
S2.25N2.36/GobiSerial/Makefile
S2.25N2.36/GobiSerial/GobiSerial.c
S2.25N2.36/GobiSerial/Readme.txt

$ diff -urN S2.25N2.35 S2.25N2.36
diff -urN S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/GobiUSBNet.c S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/GobiUSBNet.c
--- S2.25N2.35/GobiNet/GobiUSBNet.c     2015-10-28 17:51:06.000000000 +0100
+++ S2.25N2.36/GobiNet/GobiUSBNet.c     2015-12-08 03:52:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Version Information
-#define DRIVER_VERSION "2015-10-16/SWI_2.35"
+#define DRIVER_VERSION "2015-12-08/SWI_2.36"
 #define DRIVER_AUTHOR "Qualcomm Innovation Center"
 #define DRIVER_DESC "GobiNet"
 #define QOS_HDR_LEN (6)

I don’t see how that helps compilation on 3.12 :slight_smile:

4

Hi,
we cannot predict by looking only at the File name. It may be same but the code might have been updated :slight_smile:

-Alex

5

Yes, that’s why I included the recursive diff showing everything that was changed in every file.

But let’s not discuss this anymore. It’s not important. I assume you will notice the problem when customers using Linux 3.12 starts complaining :slight_smile: