Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:48:43 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] firmware: Allow release-specific firmware dir |
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:39:35 -0500 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. > > This patch moves them to /lib/firmware/$KERNELRELEASE. udev v127's > firmware.sh looks there first before falling back to /lib/firmware. > > ... > > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ depend dep: > > # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Firmware install > -INSTALL_FW_PATH=$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware > +INSTALL_FW_PATH=$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/firmware/$(KERNELRELEASE) > export INSTALL_FW_PATH > > PHONY += firmware_install
What happens if the user is running older udev?
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