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Re: New firmware available for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG

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On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> > > I couldn't find a changelog for the new firmware. Could you point me to
> > > a changelog or provide a short summary of what changed since 3.0?
> > 
> > I am sorry, we were unable to obtain this information.
> 
> Would be interesting if any firmware crashes got fixed with that release (and
> in which situations these happened). Nevertheless, good to see that Intel
> still pushes updates for older hardware :)

Indeed.  But there is one boolean information we would _really_ appreciate,
for distro use:  does the update fix any potential security issues?

Because if the answer is "yes", distros that packaged the ipw22xx firmware
will want to push an update through their security update channels.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh
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