From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Questions about firmware
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:03:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E481BEF.7000001@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACna6rztb68k4g7P=BaFcB-iZDRivnPCGCoZ+V4hziKgoyg86A@mail.gmail.com>
On 08/14/2011 01:35 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki wrote:
> W dniu 14 sierpnia 2011 20:31 u?ytkownik Larry Finger
> <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> napisa?:
>> On 08/14/2011 01:21 PM, Rafa? Mi?ecki wrote:
>>>
>>> For wiki [1] readers we will need to write some short instruction.
>>>
>>> For distribution I propose something easier. If distro is using 3.1
>>> kernel - provide script using older firmware. If distro is using 3.2
>>> or newer - extract firmware from newer driver.
>>
>> For non-HT PHY and 3.2, will the driver handle both flavors of firmware? I
>> think the answer is yes, but I want confirmation.
>
> Yes, we keep backward compatibility with older firmwares.
OK. I will modify the openSUSE script accordingly, and I will try to update the
wiki.
The other distros will presumably catch up.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-14 19:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-14 17:59 Questions about firmware Larry Finger
2011-08-14 18:21 ` Rafał Miłecki
2011-08-14 18:31 ` Larry Finger
2011-08-14 18:35 ` Rafał Miłecki
2011-08-14 19:03 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2011-08-14 18:48 ` Rafał Miłecki
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