Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:09:56 +0100
From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>, dan.g.tob@gmail.com
Subject: Re: New firmware for RT2870
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On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 02:22:45PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> In https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114151, the OP reports
> improved stability and performance for an RT5370 using a newer firmware that
> came with the driver CD. The logs show this to be version 0.36, whereas the
> version now in linux-firmware is version 0.29.
> 
> I downloaded the firmware from b.k.o. It had very little effect on my
> no-name adapter with ID 148f:3070. It still gets ping losses of 10-15%.
> 
> Should this new version be submitted to linux-firmware? Its provenance seems
> to be sketchy, but submission would likely be legal.

I do not see any reason not to update ralink firmwares in linux-firmware
git tree, however IIRC linux-firmware maintainers prefer to firmware
submission was performed from vendor email addresses.

Stanislaw