2011/1/31 Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 03:20:21PM -0800, wwguy wrote: >> > What is easiest and less time consuming: >> > >> > this: >> > >> > $ mv /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-exp.ucode /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-exp.ucode.not_use >> > >> > or this: >> > >> > $ make menuconfig >> > navigate to find option and edit it >> > $ make modules >> > $ make modules_install >> > >> > ? >> > >> > > Also put it in Kconfig file, so it is easy for user to see they are >> > > using experimental option. Agree? >> > >> > Not really. I believe someone who download a tarball, unpack it and copy >> > files to /lib/firmware is pretty much aware what he/she is doing. >> > >> Agree whoever download the tarball know what he/she is doing, but I am >> not fully agree the driver always use experimental uCode if it is in the >> firmware directory > > I do not understand what for you need that, but ok, I can live with it. > > John, please skip this patch. Maybe make it module parameter? Like use_experimental_fw, default to 0? -- RafaÅ -- 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
