On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 22:17 -0700, Andres Salomon wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:08:17 +0100
> Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 02:13 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > [...]
> > > These files have different contents:
> > > - sd8686.bin
> > > - sd8686_helper.bin
> >
> > linux-firmware has these files:
> >
> > a1f38d4f36871597530d645752e0b2cb libertas/sd8686_v8.bin
> > 6edc7f5032463c294eb1b738482f734d libertas/sd8686_v8_helper.bin
> > 20208583d441d1ecd7a05d5e5cda5856 libertas/sd8686_v9.bin
> > 2a4d8f4df198ce949c350df5674f4ac6 libertas/sd8686_v9_helper.bin
> >
> > The last of these matches sd8686_helper.bin in linux-firmware.
> >
> > I symlinked sd8686{,_helper}.bin to the v8 files, assuming that old
> > drivers using those file names would not work with v9. But that seems
> > to be wrong - in which case, do the v8 files have any use?
> >
>
> The sd8686_sdio driver does list the v8 bin in its load list. In
> theory, the drivers should know what to load; I'm not sure why you need
> to symlink anything..firmware-nonfree in unstable should provide any files requested by drivers in unstable or stable. In the kernel version in squeeze, the driver uses those old names. > > > - usb8388.bin > > > > linux-firmware has these files: > > > > 5e38f55719df3d0c58dd3bd02575a09c libertas/usb8388_olpc.bin > > d288445f1fe8cbb14df0aebc6ce1d71f libertas/usb8388_v5.bin > > c6f0fb161af32228b59478d381293426 libertas/usb8388_v9.bin > > > > The first of these matches usb8388.bin in libertas-firmware > > (v5.110.22.p23). But the mainline driver won't use the filename > > libertas/usb8388_olpc.bin unless explicitly configured to do so. > > > > Correct. I have a pending patch > (https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1037112/) that should be slated for > inclusion in the next merge window.. Although with master currently > down, I have no idea what its current status is. Sigh. Well I can apply this, but surely the name should be "libertas/usb8388_olpc.bin". > > I symlinked usb8388.bin to libertas/usb8388_v5.bin. > > > > > These files are not included (and were not referenced by any > > > version of the mainline drivers): > > > - lbtf_usb.bin > > > - sd8682.bin > > > - sd8682_helper.bin > > [...] > > > > linux-firmware does actually have these files, but as I said they > > aren't referenced. > > lbtf_usb.bin is used by the libertas_tf drivers; specifically, > libertas_tf_usb. Debian kernels have that driver as a module in the > 486 kernel image. So it is. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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