Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: fix firmware names for 9xxx and a0 series hw

[Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>]

On Tue, 2017-11-14 at 12:48 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 01:38:20PM +0200, Luciano Coelho wrote:
> > On Tue, 2017-11-14 at 13:29 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> > > Den 14-11-2017 kl. 12:52, skrev Luca Coelho:
> > > > On Tue, 2017-11-14 at 12:37 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> > > > > iwlwifi 9xxx and a0 series hw contains an extra dash in
> > > > > firmware
> > > > > file
> > > > > name
> > > > > as seeen in modinfo output for kernel 4.14:
> > > > > 
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0--34.ucode
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-9260-th-a0-jf-a0--34.ucode
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-9000-pu-a0-jf-b0--34.ucode
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-9000-pu-a0-jf-a0--34.ucode
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-QuQnj-a0-hr-a0--34.ucode
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-QuQnj-a0-jf-b0--34.ucode
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-QuQnj-f0-hr-a0--34.ucode
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-Qu-a0-jf-b0--34.ucode
> > > > > firmware:       iwlwifi-Qu-a0-hr-a0--34.ucode
> > > > > 
> > > > > Fix that by dropping the extra adding of '"-"'.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Backlund <tmb-odJJhXpcy38dnm+yROfE0A@pu
> > > > > blic
> > > > > .gmane.org>
> > > > > cc: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public
> > > > > .gma
> > > > > ne.org>
> > > > > cc: stable-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
> > > > > 
> > > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > > Looks good, thanks!
> > > > 
> > > > Though I'm not sure this is worth sending to stable... Why do
> > > > you
> > > > think
> > > > it's needed?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > As 4.14 is a -longterm kernel and afaik atleast 9xxx series hw is
> > > out 
> > > there I thought it would be good to have it fixed there...
> > > 
> > > but in the end it's your call for upstream stable or not
> > > 
> > > I'll add it to the Mageia distrib kernels anyway.
> > 
> > Okay, fair enough.  I'll add it to stable, it's a very simple and
> > not
> > risky fix anyway.  One can claim that userspace may get confused. 
> > Actually I think some distros use those values to check which
> > firmwares
> > need to be installed, but I don't recall for sure now.
> 
> The install scripts use those values, so yes, it would be good to
> have
> them be correct.

Right, thanks for confirming my vague recollection. :)

I've turned that into a "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.13", since
that's the first version that actually supports these HW versions.

--
Cheers,
Luca.