Messages in this thread | | | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option | Date | Sun, 25 May 2008 21:03:56 +0200 |
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Hi Michael,
>> Again, I don't plan to break any setup. I actually do think it is a >> good idea to group firmware files in subdirectories in /lib/firmware, >> but this subdirectory name doesn't belong in the kernel. >> >> We will update udev to read the driver name and look into /lib/ >> firmware/<driver>/<filename> and /lib/firmware/<filename> for the >> firmware file. >> >> Then we will set a date and note it in the future remove document. >> Something like 12 month after an updated udev has been released. This >> gives the distribution two generations time to update udev and kernel >> packages. > > How are you going to handle multiple versions of the firmware for > one driver? > How does one switch between versions (changing config files is not > acceptable)?
that is your point of view. Why is changing a config file not acceptable?
Regards
Marcel
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