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[91.98.36.253]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-42e1c5d607csm30712057f8f.15.2025.12.01.20.40.59 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:41:00 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3826.700.81.1.3\)) Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt7601u: check multiple firmware paths From: Christian Hewitt In-Reply-To: <20251201103529.1874a869@kernel.org> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 08:40:47 +0400 Cc: Matthias Brugger , AngeloGioacchino Del Regno , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, Daniel Golle Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20251201090336.1157193-1-christianshewitt@gmail.com> <20251201103529.1874a869@kernel.org> To: Jakub Kicinski X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3826.700.81.1.3) > On 1 Dec 2025, at 10:35=E2=80=AFpm, Jakub Kicinski = wrote: >=20 > 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. >=20 > IDK.. 2.5 years ago.. how long is too long to wait for the distros=20 > 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=E2=80=99m not fussed which one gets merged, as = long as one of them is so the distro I maintain doesn=E2=80=99t need to patch = the driver to use the =E2=80=9Cnew=E2=80=9D location (our buildsystem doesn=E2=80=99t= process WHENCE which adds a symlink back to the old location the driver still uses). Christian=