From d19ded5908891ffe9f6adad85be29eaf390d499c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Aguilar <aguilar.james@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 22:06:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] firmware/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 | 22 ----------------------
 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/firmware/sagas.ts b/src/firmware/sagas.ts
index be910740..f6f938f3 100644
--- a/src/firmware/sagas.ts
+++ b/src/firmware/sagas.ts
@@ -1211,28 +1211,6 @@ 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());