Thread: bootmenu initfs flasher updated for OS2008
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2007-11-15 , 16:38
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Originally Posted by pearl62 View Post
I was thinking that OS2007 may be expecting an older version of the WLAN firmware.
Yes this is true, more correctly it simply expects specific older kernel (2.6.18) with specific version of wlan driver which uses specific firmware. This means it does not work with newer kernel and driver but you can safely go back to using older kernel with older driver (and older firmware).

Originally Posted by pearl62 View Post
I am more familiar with embedded systems where the firmware may only be loaded and fixed in place once, not at runtime.
I was surprised too, but it looks like nowadays this is widely used since it is cheaper (i.e. there is no flash memory on the chip) and easier to upgrade. Also since you load specific firmware yourself, you can in theory customize your driver to specific version of the firmware and do not need to bloat it with workarounds for multiple firmwares (if you always distribute it together and it makes sense)
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