[PATCH] Bluetooth: btmrvl_sdio: look for sd8688 firmware in alternate place
Ben Hutchings
ben at decadent.org.uk
Sun Jan 20 20:12:13 EST 2013
On Fri, 2013-01-18 at 08:33 +0100, Lubomir Rintel wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 22:35 -0800, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > Hi Lubomir,
> >
> > > > > > linux-firmware ships the sd8688* firmware images that are shared with
> > > > > > libertas_sdio WiFi driver under libertas/. libertas_sdio looks in both places
> > > > > > and so should we.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak at v3.sk>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > > > > > drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.h | 6 ++++--
> > > > > > 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > NAK from me on this one. I do not want the driver to check two
> > > > > locations. That is what userspace can work around.
> > > > >
> > > > > If we want to unify the location between the WiFi driver and the
> > > > > Bluetooth driver, I am fine with that, but seriously, just pick one over
> > > > > the other. I do not care which one.
> > > >
> > > > The unified location is mrvl/ directory.
> > > >
> > > > We can probably move SD8688 firmware & helper binaries to mrvl/ and have both drivers grab the images there?
> > >
> > > That would break existing setups, wouldn't it?
> > >
> > > I was under impression (commit 3d32a58b) that we care about
> > > compatibility here. Do we?
> >
> > that is what symlinks are for.
>
> David, Ben: please pull the following branch then:
> git pull git://github.com/lkundrak/linux-firmware.git sd8688-move
>
> Thank you!
The symlinks are broken, and you didn't update WHENCE.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
Q. Which is the greater problem in the world today, ignorance or apathy?
A. I don't know and I couldn't care less.
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