Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [96/106] iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode. | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:47:27 -0400 |
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:42:46 MDT, Tim Gardner said: > On 04/26/2011 03:14 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: > > 2.6.35-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > From: Fry, Donald H<donald.h.fry@intel.com> > > > > commit 41504cce240f791f1e16561db95728c5537fbad9 upstream. > > > > New iwlwifi-5000 microcode requires driver support for API version 5.
> Will this cause any issues with the existing 2.6.35.12 iwl-5000 driver? > Is the version 5 API backwards compatible? Ubuntu installs > iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode by default in order to support compat-wireless > backports from 2.6.3[678], so I'd hate to break those folks that are > using the stock 2.6.35.y driver.
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
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