From a70010e7fb88461b39f9bd4009bdd3c66834f38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Aguilar <aguilar.james@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 02:31:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ev3: Don't request hardware version.

This feature doesn't seem to work when it is issued from a USB3 bus.
See https://github.com/pybricks/support/issues/2515. Since we don't
use the version, removing the command is harmless.
---
 src/firmware/sagas.ts | 24 +-----------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/firmware/sagas.ts b/src/firmware/sagas.ts
index 7ac4fea7..bff25c32 100644
--- a/src/firmware/sagas.ts
+++ b/src/firmware/sagas.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-// Copyright (c) 2020-2025 The Pybricks Authors
+// Copyright (c) 2020-2026 The Pybricks Authors
 
 import {
     FirmwareReader,
@@ -1206,28 +1206,6 @@ function* handleFlashEV3(action: ReturnType<typeof firmwareFlashEV3>): Generator
         return [new DataView(reply.payload), undefined];
     }
 
-    const [version, versionError] = yield* sendCommand(0xf6); // get version
-
-    if (versionError) {
-        yield* put(
-            alertsShowAlert('alerts', 'unexpectedError', {
-                error: ensureError(versionError),
-            }),
-        );
-        yield* put(firmwareDidFailToFlashEV3());
-        yield* cleanup();
-        return;
-    }
-
-    defined(version);
-
-    console.debug(
-        `EV3 bootloader version: ${version.getUint32(
-            0,
-            true,
-        )}, HW version: ${version.getUint32(4, true)}`,
-    );
-
     // FIXME: should be called much earlier.
     yield* put(didStart());