From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: <Ajay.Kathat@microchip.com>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>, <Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com>,
<Sripad.Balwadgi@microchip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: wilc1000: change firmware path from 'atmel' to 'microchip/wilc'
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 14:04:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230705140434.3a7b1705@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230705140338.77896d11@kernel.org>
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 14:03:38 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 01:22:31 +0000 Ajay.Kathat@microchip.com wrote:
> > To inline the linux-firmware path with driver, the firmware path is changed
> > from 'atmel' to 'microchip/wilc'. This path change will be submitted to
> > 'linux-firmware' as well.
>
> How are you going to make this backward compatible?
> Users aren't required to update linux-firmware and kernel at the same
> time.
I guess I should have looked at the next patch on the list ;)
Please mention how the backward compatibly is assured in the commit
message.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-05 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-30 1:22 [PATCH] wifi: wilc1000: change firmware path from 'atmel' to 'microchip/wilc' Ajay.Kathat
2023-07-05 21:03 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-07-05 21:04 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-07-06 0:12 ` Ajay.Kathat
2023-07-06 0:27 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-07-19 10:37 ` Kalle Valo
2023-07-19 16:20 ` Ajay.Kathat
2023-07-20 14:50 ` Kalle Valo
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