Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt7601u: update firmware path
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Date: 2023-05-16 05:24:24
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Daniel Golle [off-list ref] 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?
quoted hunk
--- 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