Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755049Ab1DKRxI (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:53:08 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:39984 "EHLO mail-ww0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754845Ab1DKRxG (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:53:06 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JunvsTKHUJ7IjaTcjswL3luyInX8LgaVmCwhmetGv3uYj0S3Cy9XJC4mreoEWOgUHn 4QniWrtZ2QYSM3gsLc+y0v4Iq5iHspTvqQyGJUFTyMYD0OthLng9Z47RWnw/f6B2GAEd K5eMJ0gCVrGtJ/vpeuAwY7cW4zvmlVYZc4daU= Message-ID: <4DA33FFD.5070004@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:53:01 +0200 From: Xose Vazquez Perez MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Walter Goldens CC: dwmw2@infradead.org, Larry Finger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gwingerde@gmail.com, ben@decadent.org.uk, users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Shiang Tu Subject: Re: [PATCH] rt2800pci: rt2800usb: Firmware update References: <779506.13049.qm@web161604.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <779506.13049.qm@web161604.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 912 Lines: 23 On 04/11/2011 05:18 PM, Walter Goldens wrote: > 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. For rt5390 or newer chips, it shall upgrade the firmware to this version, or it may malfunction." [1] http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/pipermail/users_rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/2011-March/003380.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/