[Soekris] Need to downgrade firmware on net4801

Jan Ceuleers jan.ceuleers at computer.org
Sun Mar 4 18:25:05 UTC 2007


Stuart Henderson wrote:
> :: It is not recommended to "downgrade" a BIOS to an older version
> :: than the one a board is supplied with.
> 
> I imagine this is particularly pertinent with very recent boards;
> from the release notes:
> 
>   * added support for new BIOS flash chip for net48xx
> 
> Presumably the flash chip has changed and isn't supported by
> old BIOS versions.

It is however presumably not a problem to downgrade a board's BIOS to a 
version greater than or equal to the one used in manufacturing, right?

In other words, when the OP said that he wanted to "downgrade my 
firmware _back_ to 1.28" (emphasis mine), that should not be a problem?

Cheers, Jan


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