linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] wl1251: Use request_firmware_prefer

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Message-ID: <20170623215319.GU21846@wotan.suse.de>
Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:53:19 +0200
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
Cc:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Li@...e.de,
        Yi <yi1.li@...ux.intel.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Daniel Wagner <wagi@...om.org>,
        Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>,
        Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        David Gnedt <david.gnedt@...izone.at>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@...il.com>,
        Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
        AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Michał Kazior <kazikcz@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] wl1251: Use request_firmware_prefer_user() for
 loading NVS calibration data

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 10:41:08AM +0200, Arend Van Spriel wrote:
> On 16-5-2017 1:13, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Since no upstream delta is needed for firmwared I'd like to first encourage
> > evaluating the above. While distributions don't carry it yet that may be seen as
> > an issue but since what we are looking for are corner cases, only folks needing
> > to deploy a specific solution would need it or a custom proprietary solution.
> 
> Ok. I will go try and run firmwared in OpenWrt on a router platform.
> Have to steal one from a colleague :-p Will study firmwared.

Arend, curious how this effort goes. Its important to me as we know then that
if this works its a good approach to recommend moving forward which should also
prove less complex than that soup we had with the custom fallback stuff.

  Luis