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

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2011 10:09:29 +0800
From:	hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To:	'Francois Romieu' <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	'David Woodhouse' <dwmw2@...radead.org>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] linux-firmware: update firmware for RTL8111E

 

Francois Romieu [mailto:romieu@...zoreil.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:23 AM
> To: David Woodhouse
> Cc: Hayeswang; 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).
> 

I agree that. However, I have no idea about making it compatible with previous
parser and firmware. Let me think if there is a good way to do this.

Best Regards,
Hayes

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