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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2023 14:04:34 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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        <Sripad.Balwadgi@microchip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: wilc1000: change firmware path from 'atmel' to
 'microchip/wilc'
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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.