From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@gmail.com>
To: Luis Correia <luis.f.correia@gmail.com>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
gwingerde@gmail.com, ben@decadent.org.uk,
users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Shiang Tu <shiang_tu@ralinktech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rt2800pci: rt2800usb: Firmware update
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:18:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DA345EF.6050408@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinKuQ7i20FxmDCT1cRMPvOxM0aygQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 04/11/2011 07:55 PM, Luis Correia wrote:
> the rt2870.bin should support all USB rt2800 based chipsets with
> several firmware blocks concatenated inside the file.
> same goes for rt2860, which support all PCI rt2800 based chipsets with
> several firmware blocks concatenated inside the file.
>
> we know that this is confusing, we've had to live with it for a loooong time.
They are used by staging drivers.
Even if staging drivers are deleted, there are still a lot of old
kernels running out there with staging drivers. And those kernels
need these files (rt3070.bin rt3071.bin rt3090.bin)
A link is a easy way to maintain retrocompatibility without disturb
the guys running old kernels.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-11 18:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-11 14:27 [PATCH] rt2800pci: rt2800usb: Firmware update Larry Finger
2011-04-11 14:32 ` [rt2x00-users] " Ivo Van Doorn
2011-04-11 14:35 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2011-04-11 15:18 ` Walter Goldens
2011-04-11 15:33 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-11 17:53 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-11 20:09 ` Walter Goldens
2011-04-12 3:14 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-04-12 5:23 ` RA-Shiang Tu
2011-04-12 5:34 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-11 17:49 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-11 17:55 ` Luis Correia
2011-04-11 17:59 ` [rt2x00-users] " Ivo Van Doorn
2011-04-11 18:02 ` Luis Correia
2011-04-11 18:18 ` Xose Vazquez Perez [this message]
2011-04-11 17:57 ` Ivo Van Doorn
2011-04-11 18:13 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-11 18:25 ` Gertjan van Wingerde
2011-04-11 18:46 ` Larry Finger
2011-04-11 18:58 ` Richard Farina
2011-04-11 19:58 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
2011-04-11 18:30 ` Xose Vazquez Perez
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