linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt7601u: check multiple firmware paths

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Message-ID: <20251201103529.1874a869@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 10:35:29 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@...il.com>
Cc: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
 <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt7601u: check multiple firmware paths

On Mon,  1 Dec 2025 09:03:36 +0000 Christian Hewitt wrote:
> The linux-firmware repo moved mt7601u.bin from the root folder to
> the mediatek sub-folder some time ago, but not all distros create
> symlinks to the old location the driver checks. Update the driver
> to check for firmware in both old and new locations.

IDK.. 2.5 years ago.. how long is too long to wait for the distros 
to update their linux-firmware?