[Server-devel] Libertas firmware on F9 for the XS

[Martin Langhoff]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Deepak Saxena <dsaxena at laptop.org> wrote:
>> The main question for Libertas experts from the POV of the XS is: what
>> firmware is most stable? On the XS power consumption and sleep are not
>> high priority. Stability and performance over long periods of time is.
>>
>> Also - should I look at replacing / recompiling the driver that F9
>> ships? (Hoping not...) If you say yes, be aware it is a major
>> maintenance hassle for the already short-handed XS team, so I'll want
>> to know what benefits it brings.
>
> I think for both FW and kernel driver, it depends on what features
> you need.

Thanks for the links to bugs!

> For the XO 8.2 kernel we had to pull forward some patches from the stable
> 2.6.22 branch that are not upstream to get multicast RX to work properly
> (#7319).

Interesting - from what I read there, the driver in the stock kernel
might work better with an earlier firmware, is that correct? Is there
an easy way to test whether multicast is working?

> Firmware wise, .22 includes a fix for #7973.

... I don't think it is present in the fw that ships w F9.

cheers,




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