Return-path: Received: from zimbra.real-time.com ([63.170.91.9]:57277 "EHLO zimbra.real-time.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752166AbaATCWd (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:22:33 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:22:23 +1100 From: James Cameron To: Bing Zhao Cc: Ben Hutchings , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org" , Frank Huang Subject: Re: linux-firmware: pull-request Marvell mwifiex-firmware 2014-01-09 Message-ID: <20140120022223.GI17658@us.netrek.org> (sfid-20140120_032259_681724_15558974) References: <1389325691-21371-1-git-send-email-bzhao@marvell.com> <1390174797.3651.7.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430F53691E15@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430F53691E15@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 06:10:03PM -0800, Bing Zhao wrote: > The 2nd (69 or 68) and 3rd (11 or 29) numbers in the version string > do not necessarily mean the version increasing or decreasing. Only > when first 3 numbers are fixed, a smaller 4th number will mean that > the version is rolling backward. Ah, light dawns. I've been dealing with these version numbers for years now, for 8388, 8686 and 8787, and I didn't know that. Is this documented anywhere else? Have the 2nd and 3rd numbers any meaning or are they random? -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/