On Saturday 16 July 2011 00:49:00 Pavel Roskin wrote: > On 07/15/2011 03:16 PM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > Quoting Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> So, since you already have a working version, why simply put it on the > >> wiki? > > > > Yes, I have a working version now (compiled with all defaults) and I'll > > try to upload it myself. > > Oh well, I can upload it to wiki, but not to your page at > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/chr/carl9170/fw/ The question is, is kernel.org really a good address to host those firmwares. especially in a personal folder. > I don't want to setup an alternative competing repository for carl9170 > firmwares. Also, it would be nice to have the 1.9.4 firmware on > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/chr/carl9170/fw/ I would rather have them on wireless.kernel.org. Just like the ath9k_htc firmware. > The wiki allows attachments, so I uploaded the firmware as an > attachment. First I put is on the main carl9170 page, but it turned out > that MoinMoin doesn't appear to have any way to specify the attachment > name in the link. Since I called the attachment "carl9170-1.fw-1.9.4", > it would only download under that name, rather than as "carl9170-1.fw". > I don't want to call the attachment "carl9170-1.fw" since nobody, > including me, would be able to replace it with another version ever. > > So I created a separate wiki page for the 1.9.4 version of the firmware > and attached the firmware to it as "carl9170-1.fw". That's an > equivalent of having directories with files having the same name. Good thinking, we could add a changelog, the configuration and some infos like supported features [e.g.: number of supported virtual interfaces, supported WoWLAN triggers, etc...] to the same page. > The carl9170 page recommends 1.9.2 for all kernels up to 3.0. The 1.9.4 > is recommended for compat-wireless. If that's not your recommendation, > please feel free to update the wiki. oh no, this should be just fine. Thanks, Christian -- 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
