linux-kernel - Re: RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory

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Message-ID:  <49971528.4080405@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:02:00 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory

Michael Riepe wrote:
> Currently, make firmware_install puts all firmware blobs in
> /lib/firmware. If you have several kernel versions installed, they will
> overwrite each other's files, which may lead to problems if the blobs
> eventually change. I think it would be better to use a separate
> directory for every kernel version, like /lib/firmware/$(uname -r) or
> /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/firmware (the latter is my favorite).
> 
> In either case, only a minimal modification in /lib/udev/firmware.sh is
> required to make it look in the new directory first.
> 
> Comments?

Seems reasonable to me, it seemed rather bizarre to me that this wasn't 
done in the first place..

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