Re: [PATCH] firmware: Allow release-specific firmware dir

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:39:35 -0500
Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> 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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