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Message-ID: <312743.30438.qm@web161611.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:09:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Walter Goldens <goldenstranger@...oo.com> To: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com> Cc: dwmw2@...radead.org, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gwingerde@...il.com, ben@...adent.org.uk, users@...x00.serialmonkey.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Shiang Tu <shiang_tu@...inktech.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] rt2800pci: rt2800usb: Firmware update > > Are there any changelogs for these firmware files? Do > they > > only offer support for newer chips, or are there any > actual > > improvements and bug fixes implemented? Users should > know > > whether updating the firmware will be of any use to > them. > > Shiang Tu from ralink says [1] : > "We always suggest to use latest firmware, because it's > backward > compatible and also has some enhancement, bug fix, or > support of new > chip. Sorry, but how very ... Microsoft-y of Ralink. Something has changed, a bug, an improvement, but we are to guess what it is? Maybe if people knew how these firmware files affect different generations of chips, they'd knew how to maintain them better. I think this contributes to the mess here. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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