Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 May 2010 06:33:36 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.34 (rt2860 regression) |
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:17:06PM +1000, CaT wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 05:55:39AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > I do not understand. The firmware is now part of the linux-firmware > > tree, and if you install that, it is working just fine, right? We moved > > the firmware out of the kernel tree on purpose. > > > > So what is the problem here? > > Well, the driver used to work and appears to be useless without it. I guess > I'm wondering why it was kept out of the firmware directory where all the > other firmware lives (and so allow the driver to simply continue to work > and allow it to be compiled in).
Because we are not adding new firmware to the kernel tree wherever possible, but instead, putting it in the separate linux-firmware tree.
> At the moment all the change appears to have done is break things that have > been working without issue since before the driver was even in staging.
Just update the linux-firmware package and all will be working again. We've been moving the firmware out of the staging drivers for a while now, as they don't belong in the kernel tree.
thanks,
greg k-h
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