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

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Message-Id: <CD5CBB8A-2829-4436-9DA0-D1A88D594E92@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 08:40:47 +0400
From: Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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 1 Dec 2025, at 10:35 pm, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> 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?


If compatibility with older firmware locations is no longer a concern the
previous patch submitted by Daniel is valid. If compatibility is desirable
this patch is valid. I’m not fussed which one gets merged, as long as
one of them is so the distro I maintain doesn’t need to patch the driver
to use the “new” location (our buildsystem doesn’t process WHENCE
which adds a symlink back to the old location the driver still uses).

Christian