On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Holger Schurig <hs4233@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Or shall we have the same firmware filename and simply query >> the firmware for a map of capabilities? Any other ideas? > > Don't put the version into the filename. This is not a common > practice for Linux / BSD / whatever systems. Usually you have > a "kmail" file, not a kmail3.5, kmail4.0 and kmail4.2 file. I think in this context libyyy.so.x.y.z is better analogy. firmware is not an executable What is the reasoning behind this common practice? > Versions or capability maps can be stored inside the firmware and > queried at load time. E.g. the libertas driver does it that way. It's only check if it fits but cannot fall back to an older version. . > > If you make your firmware redistributable (which I recommend), > the version will also be stored in the package metadata, e.g. > the rpm or deb file and the infrastructure for rpm/yum deb/apt. > > -- > http://www.holgerschurig.de > -- > 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 > Thanks Tomas -- 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
