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Re: wl18xx : firmware pull request [V2] (updated WHENCE)

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On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 02:23:56PM +0000, Machani, Yaniv wrote:
> > > - 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.
> 

OK, sounds good.

> > 
> > >   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.

No problemo.

> > 
> > >  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
> 
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