James Bottomley wrote: > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 16:43 -0400, Douglas Gilbert wrote: >> What I'm angling at is a firmware file name like: >> aic94xx-seq_10c6.req > > I don't think that's a good idea ... the current razor firmware is > backwards compatible, so if I hard code a version into the file there'd > be no upgrade ability. > >> and the driver attempts to read: >> aic94xx-seq*.req > > It can't do that from the kernel ... this is all conditioned on how the > user level firmware loader actually works > >> If there a multiple matches then it takes the one >> with the most recent date (reporting this in syslog). > > The way you do this is to have a generic name (aic94xx-seq.fw) and then > symbolically link it to the versioned file. > > The firmware itself is versioned, so if the driver comes to require a > particular version (or later), it can be programmed to complain. Which may explain why firmware for a WIFI card that I have has a versioned filename with a README in the distribution tarball. The README says to add a symlink. The README also tells me which directory to put the firmware file and symlink in. Doug Gilbert - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
