Re: Firmware versioning best practices: ath3k-2.fw rename or replaceath3k-1.fw ?

[Sven-Haegar Koch]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> > > I last tried to document a thread we had over this here:
> > >
> > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/firmware-versioning
> > >
> 
> Thanks, I've updated that link above to document bug fixing does not require
> a filename change.

I would summarize it as:

If a new firmware version also works with an old driver, keep the filename.

If a new firmware version also requires a new driver, change the name.

If a new driver requires a new firmware, change the name.

c'ya
sven-haegar

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