From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751651Ab2DQTDb (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:03:31 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:58695 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750715Ab2DQTD3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:03:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:03:22 +0100 From: Ben Hutchings To: Ian Campbell Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel , Ian Jackson , Michael Chan , David Miller Message-ID: <20120417190322.GA3932@decadent.org.uk> References: <1334675504.23948.99.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1334675504.23948.99.camel@zakaz.uk.xensource.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk Subject: Re: In tree firmware not kept up to date X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:51:10 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 04:11:44PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote: > Hello, > > What is the current policy wrt keeping the in-tree firmware updated > alongside the drivers? Muddled. > I use CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL but a couple of times[0] recently this > has failed me because the in-tree bnx2 driver requires > bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw but the tree contains > firmware/bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1a.fw.ihex and not 6.2.1b. > > Is it a bug that bnx2 was updated without adding the new firmware or is > a bug that the obsolete firmware is still sitting in the tree? It's a bug that any firmware is still in-tree, but CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL hasn't yet been made to work with a separate linux-firmware directory. Ben. > Ian. > > [0] It's possible the same thing and I've just tripped over it more than > once now. -- Ben Hutchings We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. - Albert Camus