Bug#497593: new iwlwifi firmware available
> Hi Matt,
>
> watchout, the latest firmware are expected to be incompatible with the Wifi
> drivers included in Lenny (linux 2.6.26).
Ah thanks for the heads up.
> This is mentioned in the README file in the firmware distribution (cf.
> iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.28.2.8/README.iwlwifi-3945-ucode).
>
> For example, the latest 2.6.26 compatible releases are :
> iwl3945 : 15.28.1.8
This is slightly newer than the 15.28.1.6 in lenny.
> iwl4965 : 228.57.1.21
This is up to date.
> Anyway, the package may include later versions of the firmware too : it
> would be appreciated by Debian users compiling their own build of Linux
> 2.6.18 or later.
Yeah that's a good point. (and I think you mean .28, but anything newer
really)
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Matt Taggart
taggart@debian.org
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