On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 23:33 +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Johannes Berg > <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 11:27 -0700, reinette chatre wrote: > >> Two new versions of 3945 uCode is now available for download from > >> http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads. Two versions are available > >> as we have updated the API version of the uCode and included pending > >> fixes in both API versions. > >> > >> Version 15.28.1.8 supports API v1 and can be used with most current 3945 > >> drivers. Version 15.28.2.8 (API v2) is required when you start using the > >> latest 3945 driver from wireless-testing at the time it includes the > >> patch "iwl3945 : Fix a-band association for passive channels". > > > > Can you make the driver work with the old ucode? We even do that for > > drivers where we don't control the ucode like b43... > > What for? Well, so that installing a new kernel doesn't suddenly break your network connection and ability to download the firmware, for instance. If you want more arguments you can go read all the "b43 sucks" threads about it. johannes
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