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SubjectRe: RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory
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On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Michael Riepe
<michael.riepe@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Currently, make firmware_install puts all firmware blobs in
> /lib/firmware. If you have several kernel versions installed, they will
> overwrite each other's files, which may lead to problems if the blobs
> eventually change. I think it would be better to use a separate
> directory for every kernel version, like /lib/firmware/$(uname -r) or
> /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/firmware (the latter is my favorite).
>
> In either case, only a minimal modification in /lib/udev/firmware.sh is
> required to make it look in the new directory first.
>
> Comments?

firmware version depends on hardware version not by kernel (software) version.

So /lib/firmware is absolutely OK.

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JSR


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