> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 10:13:07PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2012-01-14, Jason McIntyre <j...@cava.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > > > however i'm not sure when the author intended fw_update to be used. i.e. > > > in the course of upgrading or whenever you please. > > > > fw_update is run automatically on the first boot after you upgrade via the > > usual installer (bsd.rd / install51.iso / cd51.iso etc). > > > > right. but is there any reason to discourage people from running it when > they please, or do we just expect it to be done automatically after > upgrade? > > i ask because we need to watch how we word this. we could reasonably > assume that people would also run it from time to time just to see if > there's an update available, right?
people can run fw_update any time they want to, and yes if there are newer firmwares it will pick them up.
