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Bug#601416: firmware-ralink: newer images available



On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 02:30:03PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote:
> Package: firmware-ralink
> Version: 0.27
> 
> I was looking at ralink's website
> 
>   http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=2
> 
> there are some newer versions of firmware for ralink devices available. 
> Here is a table comparing what's in the current 0.27 version and what's on 
> the website (as of 2010-10-25). Hopefully my ascii art makes sense
 
Yes, but what I don't get is how these single images are supposed to
work with so many different controllers.  The current drivers will try
to load different files for different chips:

[...]
> 2760/2790/2860/2890   11        \
> 3060/3062/3562/2790   n/a        |  26
> 3090                  19        /

These are currently covered by rt2860.bin and rt3090.bin, but the new
archive only contains rt2860.bin.

> 2870                  12        \
> 2770/3572             n/a        |  22
> 3070                  17        /
> 3071                  17       /
[...]
 
These are covered by rt2870.bin, rt3070.bin and rt3071.bin.  The new
archive only contains rt2870.bin.

If you can confirm that the new images really do work with all the
controllers they are claimed to, and with the current drivers, then we
should update the package and David Woodhouse's linux-firmware
repository.  Without that, I'm hesitant to make any changes.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
                                                              - Albert Camus

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