Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:34253 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752877AbYJVKKH (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:10:07 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:07:58 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig To: reinette chatre Cc: Marcel Holtmann , Tomas Winkler , "John W. Linville" , Johannes Berg , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: New iwlwifi 3945 uCode available Message-ID: <20081022100758.GA27595@infradead.org> (sfid-20081022_121023_825735_C6F92286) References: <1224613633.10863.43.camel@rc-desk> <1224624324.28639.9.camel@johannes.berg> <1ba2fa240810211433q2e7a13b2p45cb8d38a74393c9@mail.gmail.com> <1224624899.28639.17.camel@johannes.berg> <20081021213814.GM17268@tuxdriver.com> <1ba2fa240810211453y40739183v84999364c89886ee@mail.gmail.com> <1224627187.9386.103.camel@californication> <1224628088.10863.100.camel@rc-desk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1224628088.10863.100.camel@rc-desk> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:28:08PM -0700, reinette chatre wrote: > I do not believe our request is unreasonable. If a user runs a new > kernel the log will print a message that the firmware is incorrect ... > all the user needs to do is go to > http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=Downloads and download the latest > firmware. This does not require any subtle changes that may affect other > aspects of the system ... just the firmware file that is only used by > the driver. with the wireless that doesn't work. Nice. Sorry guys, but requiring a new firmware version for a new driver release is completely unreasonable. You can drop support for older firmware ABIs after a few years, but not immediately.