> > 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-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html