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Subject: Re: updated iwlwifi 5000 uCode available
From: wwguy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:17:05 -0700
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On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 13:11 -0700, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 02:22:54PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 09:24:56AM -0700, Guy, Wey-Yi wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Due to a packaging error, we've re-released the 5000 uCode version
> > > 8.83.5.1. 
> > > 
> > > The updated version of firmware is available for download from
> > > http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads
> > > 
> > > The old, wrongly packaged version has the following sha1sums:
> > > 
> > > bff3bfce6a31ad94be32b4c204ff8819b0cd03fd
> > > iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.83.5.1.tgz
> > > 8d94177b509be3fb653ce8ba0c633244e4abf5f3
> > > iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.83.5.1/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
> > 
> > The version I get from:
> > 
> > 	wget http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.83.5.1.tgz
> > 
> > matches the sha1sum values listed above for the "wrongly packaged" version.
> > 
> > > The new version these:
> > > e70cc4b2249824a6b17ce9b9ae5087942c762213
> > > iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.83.5.1.tgz
> > > 22bf6093ed8204027cc3207c739d2cab9cc92ea3
> > > iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.83.5.1/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
> > > 
> > > The only change is removing the advertising for multiple interface
> > > support which is not actually present in this microcode.
> > > 
> > > Wey-Yi
> > 
> > So, you are going to release a different version of the file but
> > with the _same_ release number?  Couldn't you at least name it
> > iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.83.5.1-1.tgz or something?
> 
> BTW, this name suggestions sucks...  8.83.5.1.1 or 8.83.5.2 would be
> better for packaging purposes (at least for RPM).
> 
this is really not an official build, so the build# stay the same. I am
ok to rename to anything, but the internal build# will not changed.

Wey