[PATCH] libertas: prioritize usb8388_v5.bin firmware on OLPC machines

Andres Salomon dilinger at queued.net
Mon Aug 1 14:25:22 EDT 2011


On Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:17:23 -0500
Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 13:59 +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> > On 31 July 2011 08:05, Andres Salomon <dilinger at queued.net> wrote:
> > > Note: I've not tested this out yet on an XO-1.  I'll do that
> > > after some feedback regarding the matching linux-firmware pull
> > > request.  This should address dsd's concern about changing the
> > > loading order of the firmware.
> > 
> > That indeed was a concern, but only until Dan Williams and Chris
> > pointed out that OLPC is the only usb8388 user. With that in mind, I
> > am in agreement with them that simply putting usb8388_olpc_v5.bin
> > (or whatever name is chosen) at the top of the firmware loading
> > list is the best option.
> 
> Yeah, patches for that would be immediately acked.
> 

What's your opinion on overwriting usb8388_v5.bin with OLPC's version,
versus having both a usb8388_v5.bin and a usb8388_olpc_v5.bin?



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