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Message-ID: <87o7mkn91f.fsf@kernel.org> Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 08:24:12 +0300 From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org> To: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt7601u: update firmware path Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org> writes: > mt7601u.bin was moved to mediatek/ folder in linux-wireless via commit > 8451c2b1 ("mt76xx: Move the old Mediatek WiFi firmware to mediatek") > and linux-firmware release 20230515. Why was it moved? > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/usb.h > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/usb.h > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ > > #include "mt7601u.h" > > -#define MT7601U_FIRMWARE "mt7601u.bin" > +#define MT7601U_FIRMWARE "mediatek/mt7601u.bin" How do we handle backwards compatibility? We have a rule that old userspace needs to work with new kernel and this change breaks that. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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