Hi Ben, I'm currently updating the carl9170 firmware to the latest version (1.9.9). I've already pushed out the sources and updated the binaries over at our wiki (for the last time, all future update will be via linux-firmware.git). Now, the last item on my check off list is: [ ] new firmware for linux-firmware.git Last time - when this topic came up - we had a short brainstorm about how to handle updates in the future: <http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=136115736909708> So, I've now prepared some options: 1. Reorganize carl9170 by creating a new subdirectory "carl9170" and move everything in it. * A carl9170fw-x.y.z.tar.xz with the source is generated for each release and placed under carl9170/source/. * new firmware binaries are placed in carl9170/. (The firmware file name will include the version e.g. carl9170-1.9.9.fw, it won't clash with a previous release.) * A symlink from the linux-firmware.git root to the latest carl9170-1.fw in the carl9170 subfolder is added/updated for each release. For a preview see: [1] 116 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 26313 deletions(-) 2. Simply replace code and firmware binary * The code is simply dumped from the carl9170 firmware repository into the existing carl9170fw directory. * The old firmware binary "carl9170-1.fw" file is replaced by the new version. For a preview see: [2] 70 files changed, 2479 insertions(+), 4560 deletions(-) I would prefer to go with option 1 and move everything into a carl9170 subdirectory. This way has the advantage that we can have multiple firmware binaries and sources coexisting in one place. However, I'm also aware of the additional "space and bandwidth" cost in this case. Please tell me which option you like best or if it should be done differently. I've prepared a few RFCs (see links), but once we settled for the process, I'll make a proper announcement + patches. Regards Christian [1] <https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwOU1CguSZuBdGYxVVlTWnpXSm8> [2] <https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwOU1CguSZuBT1V2V0s2Smp0UmM> -- 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
