On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 11:51:32AM -0500, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote: > On 8/26/19 2:24 AM, Wasko, Michal wrote: > > If the driver and FW update will be within the same kernel release then > > IMHO > > there should be no compatibility problem between those two components, > > right? > > This way kernel users willing to stick to old FW can stay on older > > kernel version while > > others can update and receive all the latest FW functionality that was > > developed and enabled. > I am not comfortable with precluding a kernel update because of a single > firmware file. There are all sort of reasons for updating a kernel, > security, sideband attacks and Android CDD compatibility being the most > obvious ones. Right, this is the whole ABI guarantee thing - we'd need an incredibly strong reason to require a change in firmware for upgrade of existing systems.
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