Can Prism STA FW be reverted to earlier versions?

Jun Sun jsun at junsun.net
Fri Dec 17 14:50:06 EST 2004


On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 02:26:50PM -0500, Tony Espy wrote:
> I used prism2_srec to upgrade my STA firmware on a Gemtek/WL-672 card 
> from v1.4.9 to v1.7.4.
> 
> Will prism2_srec allow me to revert back to the earlier version?
> 
> I also downloaded 1.8.3.tar.gz, but noticed that the files contained 
> both start with "r" which doesn't map any of the types listed on Jun 
> Sun's firmware upgrade page.  Does anyone know what the "r" type means? 

As explained by the web page :)

type can be I (Initial), P (Primary), S (Secondary), or T (Tertiary). Additionally, it can be A (RAM-download primary) or R (RAM-downloadable secondary). 

In short, don't flash with r-type image.

Jun



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