Quoting JJZolx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > kdf Wrote: > > Quoting JJZolx <JJZolx.1qdfr0 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com>: > > > > > > > > kevin Wrote: > > > > There have been a couple of minor changes, but it is still rev 13. > > For > > > > revision detail on firmware revs please see: > > > > http://svn.slimdevices.com/trunk/server/Firmware/ > > > > > > Ok, I'm following. > > > > > > What's the mechanism that forces or prompts the user to update to > > new > > > firmware? I've been upgrading the server for the past week by > > > unzipping the Windows ZIP file found in the 6.1 nightlies directory. > > > Will upgrading by this means not force the firmware update? > > > > the .version file dictates when an upgrade is required. Generally only > > a major > > update to the firmware, or an official release of the server will make > > use of > > this. Occasionally minor firmware updates are committed without being > > made a > > new version number. This stuff shows up in the checkins mailing list. > > Are you saying that this is the only way anyone is to know that a new > firmware rev is available? Seems like a heck of a way to fix bugs, > even if only minor ones.
When there is an official release, or something important, the player will tell you. When you have a bug report that requires a firmware update you have the option of forcing an upgrade specifically. It really isn't all that hard, or confusing. > How does one interpret the slimserver2.version file below? I see no > mention of revision level. er...13 is a revision level. Just as it says: "from1...from2 to... This means from revision level1 to revision level 13, upgrade to 13 If this is changed to 1..14 14 and you have level 13 loaded, then you get the message from teh player to press-and-hold brightness. > ------------------------------------------------- > # Squeezebox2 firmware > # > # from to > # from1..from2 to > > 1..13 13 > > # future versions may be downgraded to this one > * 13 > ------------------------------------------------- this last bit is to handle one-way upgrades like the one in squeezebox at version 10. -kdf _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
