Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> writes: >>> At same time this patch will add new module option which should allow >>> user to play with development fw version without replacing stable one. >>> If user will set “ath9k_htc use_dev_fw=1” module will try to find >>> firmware/ath9k_htc/htc_[9271|7010]-1.dev.0.fw first and if it fails, >>> use stable version: for example...1.4.0.fw. >> >> I'm not really sure if this module parameter makes sense and I haven't >> noticed any other wifi driver having a similar parameter. If user wants >> to test a developemnt firmware he can override a stable firmware version >> with a simple cp operation. So why is the module parameter needed? > > Sure, iwl module has CONFIG for this case, so you should recompile it.
Yeah, that's even worse. > The use case which i was thinking is the ability to provide a package > for dev FW, which will not conflict with main FW package. > > The package just should provide 3 files, /etc/modules/ath9k_htc_params > and /lib/firmware/bla.fw > If dev package introduces some regressions i still can ask user to > reload module with other parameter. I think this should be doable even without a module parameter, but I guess the module parameter is ok then. -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
