Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [96/106] iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode. | | From | wwguy <> | | Date | Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:32:58 -0700 |
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Hi Andi, On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 15:20 -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > > I can't speak to Ubuntu, but I hit this on Fedora Rawhide a while ago, they > > ended including several versions so different kernels would work OK: > > > > % rpm -ql iwl5000-firmware > > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode > > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode > > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode > > I don't want people require to install new firmware for .35. This sounds > like I should > drop this patch. Wey-yi? >
iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode is target to fix a 11n related issue we seen in the field (especially for Ubuntu), so it is important for people to use -5 version of uCode. in order to allow driver to pick up the correct uCode (-5), we need to move the maximum API version to "5" which is what this patch does
Thanks Wey
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