netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] linux-firmware: update firmware for RTL8111E

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Date:	Mon, 9 May 2011 21:23:09 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] linux-firmware: update firmware for RTL8111E

David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> :
[...]
> I'd be a lot happier if the WHENCE file contained version numbers. Does
> the *driver* print a version string for the firmware after loading it?

No.

Hayes, do we agree that the firmware needs to embed a version identifier (and
some checksum to identify the current firmware that don't embed one).

-- 
Ueimor
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