libertas firmware version query

[Ricardo Carrano]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:37 PM, S Page <info at skierpage.com> wrote:
> Ricardo Carrano wrote:
>
>> For differences between firmware releases:
>> http://dev.laptop.org/pub/firmware/libertas/RELEASE_NOTES.
>> The current recommended firmware release is 22.p18.
>
> Nice, I added these to the http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Libertas wiki page
>
> I've never flashed the Libertas firmware on my 2007 G1G1 XO, yet
> olpc-netstatus -i says I have Libertas: 5.110.22.p18 (from August 2008).
>  Does upgrading the OS image on your XO also install new Libertas firmware,
> the same way that it may update Open Firmware?  If so, is there any way to
> tell it's happening?
>

The libertas firmware is just the /lib/firmware/usb8388.bin file that
is uploaded to the wireless subsystem at boot time. So, it is part of
the distribution.