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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:35:46 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Aditya Shankar <aditya.shankar@microchip.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: wilc1000: New cfg packet format in
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On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:11:43PM +0530, Aditya Shankar wrote:
> Change the config packet format used in handle_set_wfi_drv_handler()
> to align the host driver with the new format used in the wilc firmware.

So does this break devices with "old" firmware?

Where is the "new" firmware?  What is enforcing the usage only of new
firmware?

thanks,

greg k-h