Bug#489684: firmware-iwlwifi: new firmware iwl4965 (228.57.1.21) available
Package: firmware-iwlwifi Version: 0.11 Severity: important Announcment: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=1215135788.14590.598.camel%40debian.sh.intel.comforum_name=ipw3945-devel Download: http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.1.21.tgz Bumping to important because I have reports from different people about better stability when switching ssids and improved data rates (from 50 kbit/s to 2mbyte/s!) -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-rc6 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#489684: firmware-iwlwifi: new firmware iwl4965 (228.57.1.21) available
On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 09:07:10AM +0200, Joerg Friedrich wrote: Bumping to important because I have reports from different people about better stability when switching ssids and improved data rates (from 50 kbit/s to 2mbyte/s!) The firmware changes the ABI and is not yet referenced in Linus' tree. Bastian -- There are always alternatives. -- Spock, The Galileo Seven, stardate 2822.3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#489684: firmware-iwlwifi: new firmware iwl4965 (228.57.1.21) available
Bastian Blank schrieb am Montag, 07. Juli 2008 um 10:33:01 +0200: On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 09:07:10AM +0200, Joerg Friedrich wrote: Bumping to important because I have reports from different people about better stability when switching ssids and improved data rates (from 50 kbit/s to 2mbyte/s!) The firmware changes the ABI and is not yet referenced in Linus' tree. Bastian There are two versions of the new firmware one for ABI Ver.1 and one for ABI Ver.2 (from today) -- Jörg Friedrich There are only 10 types of people: Those who understand binary and those who don't. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#489684: firmware-iwlwifi: new firmware iwl4965 (228.57.1.21) available
Bastian Blank schrieb am Montag, 07. Juli 2008 um 10:33:01 +0200: The firmware changes the ABI and is not yet referenced in Linus' tree. Follow-up for ABI Ver.2: Both versions should be installed. the appropriate version is chosen, since there are different files: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ll /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187608 7. Jul 09:15 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-1.ucode -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187672 7. Jul 11:00 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode -- Jörg Friedrich There are only 10 types of people: Those who understand binary and those who don't. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
