Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> mt7601u.bin was moved to mediatek/ folder in linux-wireless via commit
> 8451c2b1 ("mt76xx: Move the old Mediatek WiFi firmware to mediatek")
> and linux-firmware release 20230515.
Why was it moved?
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/usb.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/usb.h
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>
> #include "mt7601u.h"
>
> -#define MT7601U_FIRMWARE "mt7601u.bin"
> +#define MT7601U_FIRMWARE "mediatek/mt7601u.bin"
How do we handle backwards compatibility? We have a rule that old
userspace needs to work with new kernel and this change breaks that.
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