linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mediatek: move MT8173 VPU FW to subfolder

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Message-ID: <CAPBb6MWN6bXfYvpBJ6XyPCuvJSpdxNOf4Z9RbY0jbnB5=JX_sQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:41:58 +0900
From:   Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...omium.org>
To:     gtk_ruiwang <gtk_ruiwang@...iatek.com>
Cc:     linux-firmware@...nel.org,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>, srv_heupstream@...iatek.com,
        Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>, PoChun.Lin@...iatek.com,
        Longfei Wang <longfei.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Yunfei Dong <yunfei.dong@...iatek.com>,
        Maoguang Meng <maoguang.meng@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mediatek: move MT8173 VPU FW to subfolder

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:38 PM <gtk_ruiwang@...iatek.com> wrote:
>
> From: gtk_ruiwang <gtk_ruiwang@...iatek.com>
>
> Currently vpu_d.bin and vpu_p.bin are at the root of
> linux-firmware git tree, it's not appropriate so we move
> them to subfolder mediatek/mt8173
>
> Release Version: 1.1.4
>
> Signed-off-by: Rui Wang <gtk_ruiwang@...iatek.com>
> ---
>  vpu_d.bin => mediatek/mt8173/vpu_d.bin | Bin
>  vpu_p.bin => mediatek/mt8173/vpu_p.bin | Bin
>  2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  rename vpu_d.bin => mediatek/mt8173/vpu_d.bin (100%)
>  rename vpu_p.bin => mediatek/mt8173/vpu_p.bin (100%)

This is nice as it removes some stuff from the root, but for
compatibility with older kernels that don't know about the new path
shouldn't we at least temporarily create a symbolic link between the
old location and the new one?