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On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114151, the OP reports
> improved stability and performance for an RT5370 using a newer firmware that
> came with the driver CD. The logs show this to be version 0.36, whereas the
> version now in linux-firmware is version 0.29.
>
> I downloaded the firmware from b.k.o. It had very little effect on my
> no-name adapter with ID 148f:3070. It still gets ping losses of 10-15%.
>
> Should this new version be submitted to linux-firmware? Its provenance seems
> to be sketchy, but submission would likely be legal.

Version 0.36 can also be found in the vendor tarball on [1] even though it
references a different chip ...

So, in my opinion this should be safe from a legal point of view.

Helmut

[1] http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads1/downloads/mt7612u/
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