RE: [PATCH] Bluetooth: btmrvl_sdio: look for sd8688 firmware inalternate place

[Lubomir Rintel]

On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 18:43 -0800, Bing Zhao wrote:
> > > 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@xxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  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?

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Lubomir Rintel

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