Re: [PATCH 06/12] remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_pas: switch to mbn files by default

From: Bjorn Andersson
Date: Tue May 21 2024 - 15:40:46 EST


On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 11:49:42AM +0200, neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 21/05/2024 11:45, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > We have been pushing userspace to use mbn files by default for ages.
> > As a preparation for making the firmware-name optional, make the driver
> > use .mbn instead of .mdt files by default.
>
> I think we should have a mechanism to fallback to .mdt since downstream
> uses split mdt on the devices filesystem.
>

Let's ignore and continue to move away from the split .mdt files.

Combining split files is trivial and removes a class of problems where
people mix and match their parts. (And worst case you can rename/symlink
your downstream firmware to match the requested filename)

Regards,
Bjorn