Return-path: Received: from mail-yb0-f181.google.com ([209.85.213.181]:33969 "EHLO mail-yb0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S942804AbcJ0Oaf (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Oct 2016 10:30:35 -0400 Received: by mail-yb0-f181.google.com with SMTP id f97so18900815ybi.1 for ; Thu, 27 Oct 2016 07:30:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Gary Bisson Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:45:44 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20161027_163046_881850_87B94FFD) Subject: Re: Outdated wl12xx firmwares To: linux-firmware@kernel.org Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Adding linux-wireless in CC, hoping to get more traction. Just checked the MAINTAINERS file of this driver and it is listed as 'Orphan', so is it ok if a non-TI person submits the up-to-date firmware files? Regards, Gary On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Gary Bisson wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering why the w127x and wl128x firmware files have not been > updated to their latest version (since Jan 2014)? > > The current version in the linux-firmware repo are: > - 6.3.10.0.133 for single-role > - 6.5.7.0.42 for multi-role > > Looking at TI's forum[1], they recommend using the latest one to avoid > issues like firmware reload: > - 6.3.10.0.139 for single-role > - 6.5.7.0.47 for multi-role > > The up-to-date firmware files can be found in the following repo: > https://github.com/TI-OpenLink/ti-utils/tree/master/hw/firmware > > What is the procedure to update them, does it need to be a TI employee > that sends the patch? The former wl12xx maintainer (Luciano Coelho) > seems to work for Intel now. > > Regards, > Gary > > [1] https://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless_connectivity/wilink_wifi_bluetooth/f/307/p/350832/1236099#1236099