On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 10:27:36AM -0700, Suraj Sumangala wrote: > Hi Luis, > > On 10/8/2010 10:32 PM, Luis Rodriguez wrote: > > Suraj, > > > > What is the difference between ath3k-2.fw and ath3k-1.fw ? > > This is the same question for which I have been trying to get an answer. > The only information that I got was it fixes some critical bug and > support shared antenna. > > If ath3k-2.fw is an upgrade of ath3k-1.fw why do we need to name it > differently? Sure, agreed, but what about the sflash configuration fix? > > Won't the API change now that you are addressing the sflash > > configuration fix? Would it not help to identify the two > > different firmwares then? > > > > David, Marcel, what are your preferences for a firmware upgrade > > where the firmware does not change API (lets just pretend it does > > not for a moment) ? Do we keep the same filename? > > Marcel had answered me before. It makes sense to have same file name. > Other ways we end up changing the driver whenever there is a firmware > change. > > I last tried to document a thread we had over this here: > > > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/firmware-versioning > > Thanks, I've updated that link above to document bug fixing does not require a filename change. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
