Return-path: Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:54587 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758138AbZC0Q3n (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:29:43 -0400 Subject: Re: New firmware available for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG From: reinette chatre To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Helmut Schaa , "ipw2100-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" , "ipw3945-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <20090327155009.GA28758@khazad-dum.debian.net> References: <1237916524.455.18.camel@rc-desk> <200903241855.06916.helmut.schaa@gmail.com> <1237918158.455.26.camel@rc-desk> <200903271637.42048.helmut.schaa@gmail.com> <20090327155009.GA28758@khazad-dum.debian.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:35:12 -0700 Message-Id: <1238171712.25568.27.camel@rc-desk> (sfid-20090327_172947_099930_51CAA5F9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 08:50 -0700, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Helmut Schaa wrote: > > > > I couldn't find a changelog for the new firmware. Could you point me to > > > > a changelog or provide a short summary of what changed since 3.0? > > > > > > I am sorry, we were unable to obtain this information. > > > > Would be interesting if any firmware crashes got fixed with that release (and > > in which situations these happened). Nevertheless, good to see that Intel > > still pushes updates for older hardware :) > > Indeed. But there is one boolean information we would _really_ appreciate, > for distro use: does the update fix any potential security issues? I wish I knew. I doubt it though because I am not aware of any security issues with the firmware. Reinette