Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:25:28 +0100 | From | Michael Riepe <> | Subject | RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory |
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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? -- Michael "Tired" Riepe <michael.riepe@googlemail.com> X-Tired: Each morning I get up I die a little
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