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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option
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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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