On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 00:43 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > That's a very good goal. > > I would also consider the option to use different names for v3 and v4 > firmware. I have a file /etc/modprobe.d/bcm43xx that reads > > options bcm43xx fwpostfix=.3 > options bcm43xx_mac80211 fwpostfix=.4 > > but we cannot expect every distro (let alone every user) to take care > of the naming conflict. Users don't expect the need to rename > firmware, and we shouldn't create a problem for them. Yes. Please use a suitable postfix for v3 and v4 firmware so that they can coexist. You can always make each driver fall back to the old filename if it doesn't find the firmware with the postfix. We can make the fwcutter write out files with appropriate names too. -- dwmw2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
