linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] firmware: wl1251 firmware binary

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Date:	Fri, 04 Oct 2013 22:43:48 +0300
From:	Luca Coelho <luca@...lho.fi>
To:	balbi@...com
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, ben@...adent.org.uk,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] firmware: wl1251 firmware binary

On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 10:32 -0500, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> diff --git a/LICENCE.wl1251 b/LICENCE.wl1251
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..bd0f5f1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/LICENCE.wl1251
> @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
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> diff --git a/WHENCE b/WHENCE
> index aac3ba9..3a35670 100644
> --- a/WHENCE
> +++ b/WHENCE
> @@ -1712,6 +1712,24 @@ Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.tda7706-firmware.txt for details.
>  
>  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> +Driver: wl1251 - Texas Instruments 802.11 WLAN driver for WiLink4 chips
> +
> +File: ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin
> +Version: 4.0.4.3.7
> +
> +File: ti-connectivity/wl1251-nvs.bin
> +
> +Licence: See LICENCE.wl1251 for details.
> +
> +The published NVS files are for testing only.  Every device needs to
> +have a unique NVS which is properly calibrated for best results.
> +
> +The driver expects to find the firmwares under a ti-connectivity subdirectory.
> +So if your system looks for firmwares in /lib/firmware, the firmwares for
> +wl12xx chips must be located in /lib/firmware/ti-connectivity/.
> +
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
>  Driver: wl12xx - Texas Instruments 802.11 WLAN driver for WiLink6/7 chips
>  
>  File: ti-connectivity/wl1271-fw.bin
> diff --git a/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin b/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..f89c983
> Binary files /dev/null and b/ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin differ
> diff --git a/ti-connectivity/wl1251-nvs.bin b/ti-connectivity/wl1251-nvs.bin
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..2bf9c50
> Binary files /dev/null and b/ti-connectivity/wl1251-nvs.bin differ
> 

Looks good to me:

Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <luca@...lho.fi>

--
Luca.

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