upgrading firmware ( Re: q2e15 released )

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Hey firmware gods,
a) Three "latest" firmwares
b) Sorting out the firmware upgrade pages

== Three "latest" firmwares ==

1)Richard A. Smith wrote:
> Q2e15 is up.  If you are running current joyride(s) and doing 
> auto-suspend/resume you need to upgrade.

2)  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Template:Latest_Releases/firmware (which 
shows up in the green "Latest Releases" box on many pages) displays
   _Firmware_: Q2E12 (2008-07-29)

3) http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Upgrading_firmware has instructions to 
upgrade to q2d14.

It seems q2d14 is the latest signed firmware.  Perhaps 
Template:Latest_Releases/firmware should only list the latest signed 
stable firmware, as its _Firmware_ links to the Firmware page that lists 
all available firmware, latest (unsigned) first.  Do you agree?

== Sorting out the firmware upgrade pages ==

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Upgrading_firmware is for the general public.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Firmware and the pages for each firmware 
release are for developers.
I rewrote them to
* Discourage users from upgrading firmware, and just tell them to 
upgrade to the latest stable release which usually delivers new firmware.
* Refer developers to the Firmware page and then to each firmware's page 
for developer instructions.

I hope that's OK.

==> Does every build tree and image always include some firmware in 
boot/bootfw.zip ?

There's also http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Upgrading_the_firmware.
==> Is that page obsolete now that each firmware's page transcludes 
Manual_Firmware_Install?

Thanks, go Forth and prosper
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