> -----Original Message----- > From: Kyle McMartin [mailto:kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:49 PM > To: Machani, Yaniv > Cc: linux-firmware@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: wl18xx : firmware pull request [V2] (updated WHENCE) > > On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 05:46:38AM +0000, Machani, Yaniv wrote: > > - Firmware file was updated (8.9.0.0.39), includes bug fixes and > improvements. > > - Configuration binary removed, it is no longer fits all releases. > > Moreover it should be configured per HW platform. > > More information can found in here : > > > > http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Open_Source_Wireless_Connectiv > > ity_wlconf > > > > I assume this is an embedded part, and not something for general use? > In general, we'd like linux-firmware to be decoupled from kernel upgrades, so > that distributions can upgrade them asynchronously, and removing wlconf.bin > could break existing users. Yes, this is an embedded part, removing the wlconf.bin is actually allowing better backward/forward compatibility, as the existing file does not support all flavors/HW removing it will allow the device to load using defaults instead of not loading at all. > > > git@xxxxxxxxxx:wilink8-wlan/linux-firmware.git for-upstream > > > > FWIW, you need to specify the public git:// url here instead of SSH. > > > for you to fetch changes up to > > dbe3f134bb69b62edd29be89452d016def8f6d7f > > Yaniv Machani (1): > > wl18xx: update firmware file, remove conf file > > > > Pulled. Thanks. > > > WHENCE | 4 +--- > > ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin | Bin 1221 -> 0 bytes > > ti-connectivity/wl18xx-fw-4.bin | Bin 681704 -> 724716 bytes > > 3 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 > > ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin > > > > regards, Kyle -- 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
