> > "Grumbach, Emmanuel" <[email protected]> writes: > > > This is new content for 3.19. Details in the tag. Let me know if you have > issues. > > Thanks! > > Thanks, pulled. > > One comment: > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > * fix for 7265D NVM check > > * fixes for scan: fix long scanning times and network > > discovery > > * new firmware API for iwlmvm supported devices > > * fixes in rate control > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Arik Nemtsov (1): > > iwlwifi: pcie: correctly define 7265-D cfg > > > > David Spinadel (2): > > iwlwifi: mvm: add a flag to enable match found notification > > iwlwifi: mvm: scan dwell time corrections > > > > Emmanuel Grumbach (2): > > iwlwifi: 7000: fix reported firmware name for 7265D > > iwlwifi: bump firmware API for mvm devices to 12 > > To me the firmware API bump is in a gray area, I don't see how it really fixes > anything. I would feel much more comfortable if the patch would document > why the bump is needed in -rc series and why it couldn't wait for -next. I'm > guessing it has somethign to do with the dwell time corrections, but it's not > obvious to me (and others). >
The bum firmware API is gray area - but it allows to load new firmware that typically have lots of bug fixes. Especially since 3.19 will probably be used by major distributions and I want to be able to load the new firmware there. The driver code in 3.19 is ready to load the 12 firmware, hence the change. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
