On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 07:30:47AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > That's intentional. There is no need for it -- the firmware should live > in /lib/firmware. > > If there are incompatible versions of firmware, then they'll have a > different filename and can co-exist.
This is, however, a challenge for the packaging system. With the current scheme, I cannot have the firmware package for kernel 2.6.x installed while the firmware package for kernel 2.6.y is installed. If we had this scheme in the past, having a fallback kernel would have been hard or impossible during firmware transitions, which for example the ipw2x00 drivers have gone through multiple times. Please rethink this intention. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
