From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brian King Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:51:17 +0000 Subject: Re: Location of firmware files Message-Id: <40D8A9D5.5090207@us.ibm.com> List-Id: References: <40ACDCE3.5040500@us.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <40ACDCE3.5040500@us.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi Marco, > > >>>Getting back to the following thread regarding the proper location >>>for firmware files: >> >>FYI, I applied this patch to the debian package, because some firmwares >>are needed before / is mounted. > > > as I already argued I am not really happy with having two locations for > the firmware files. Lets agree on one. We have /lib/modules/ for our > kernel modules and so I think /lib/firmware/ is also fine. What does the > LSB says about it? The LSB doesn't say much in this respect. I had a discussion on this a while back on the FHS list: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_idh01284 The result of this discussion suggested placing them in somewhere in /lib. /lib/drivername was suggested, but it was brought up outside this thread that this could cause problems for devices that can use multiple drivers, such as some scsi devices. -- Brian King eServer Storage I/O IBM Linux Technology Center ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel