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From: Kevin Hayes <kevin@Atheros.com>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
CC: Luis Rodriguez <Luis.Rodriguez@Atheros.com>, Marcel Holtmann
	<marcel@holtmann.org>, Henry Ptasinski <henryp@broadcom.com>, Suraj Sumangala
	<Suraj.Sumangala@Atheros.com>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
	linux-bluetooth <linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, linux-wireless
	<linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:41:12 -0700
Subject: RE: Firmware versioning best practices: ath3k-2.fw rename or
 replace ath3k-1.fw ?
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