From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28BADC77B7F for ; Tue, 16 May 2023 05:24:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229719AbjEPFYW (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2023 01:24:22 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48926 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229493AbjEPFYU (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2023 01:24:20 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6699130C3; Mon, 15 May 2023 22:24:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED94B634BC; Tue, 16 May 2023 05:24:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F1FC7C43445; Tue, 16 May 2023 05:24:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1684214658; bh=gBxrbeA0HTMoQOLh6X+GckvCVzQtgJYUiWcNxiQiCHU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=GuF1zdvGzQQ6btF1/5DP6jjkyJ98+KzWJWyoLtzMdyXWz00Zq3kmFC1f8u9xEFBwF B26rdTLPlJWdKNkijw+AA8PlaffcqpfBP3Wuv9gOBTdfx0L6TC7fX+IhO26ZsPjU/Z wWiVkUJrQdNbvVorlFB1pmucYUBUZ7hjGomWSgJhc2kQ6hnHspMMu0IIEvVjY7PCyl PdDJWoIr2w0Oj42nTLiSkJZ3QYfdDBNqs7krz3M/HO8/AyNDftFdZYaVawNJTJUkqN VuIhlWo2O9JXH7XC3W8I7dvtf2bqEb8WSODAoKZ3kFqnT+MeGN1AgEi6n9SSko92ZS JsGYs7jpmU1Ag== From: Kalle Valo To: Daniel Golle Cc: Jakub Kicinski , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Paolo Abeni , Matthias Brugger , AngeloGioacchino Del Regno , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt7601u: update firmware path References: Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 08:24:12 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Daniel Golle's message of "Tue, 16 May 2023 00:56:53 +0200") Message-ID: <87o7mkn91f.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Daniel Golle writes: > mt7601u.bin was moved to mediatek/ folder in linux-wireless via commit > 8451c2b1 ("mt76xx: Move the old Mediatek WiFi firmware to mediatek") > and linux-firmware release 20230515. Why was it moved? > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/usb.h > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/usb.h > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ > > #include "mt7601u.h" > > -#define MT7601U_FIRMWARE "mt7601u.bin" > +#define MT7601U_FIRMWARE "mediatek/mt7601u.bin" How do we handle backwards compatibility? We have a rule that old userspace needs to work with new kernel and this change breaks that. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches