Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:35:07 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] firmware: Allow release-specific firmware dir |
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On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:15:35 -0400 Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> wrote:
> Every kernel package trying to provide files under /lib/firmware runs > into problems really quickly with multiple kernels installed, especially > with respect to distribution package tracking of the files.
For how long has this problem existed?
> This patch moves them to /lib/firmware/$KERNELRELEASE. udev v127's > firmware.sh looks there first before falling back to /lib/firmware. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> > --- > Makefile | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ depend dep: > > # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Firmware install > -INSTALL_FW_PATH=$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware > +INSTALL_FW_PATH=$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware/$(KERNELRELEASE) > export INSTALL_FW_PATH > > PHONY += firmware_install >
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