** Description changed:

+ [Impact]
+ 
  On Groovy with linux-firmware 1.190.3:
  
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      54 Jan  7 15:40
  brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-a-plus.txt ->
  brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b-plus.txt
  
- That link target is wrong and should be without the 'brcm/' prefix. The
- upstream fix is:
+ That link target is wrong and doesn't exist, it should be without the
+ 'brcm/' prefix.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+ $ ls -la /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455*
+ 
+ [Fix]
+ 
+ The upstream fix is:
  
  commit a9993f8d3b241f70a691a5b81bf2cdb442c0e184
  Author: Takashi Iwai <[email protected]>
  Date:   Tue Sep 8 12:16:56 2020 +0200
  
-     brcm: Fix a stale symlink for RPi3 model b+
-     
-     The symlink for brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b-plus.txt
-     was wrongly listed with the same subdirectory brcm, and this resulted
-     in a stale symlink.  Fix it.
-     
-     Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <[email protected]>
-     Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <[email protected]>
+     brcm: Fix a stale symlink for RPi3 model b+
+ 
+     The symlink for brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b-plus.txt
+     was wrongly listed with the same subdirectory brcm, and this resulted
+     in a stale symlink.  Fix it.
+ 
+     Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <[email protected]>
+     Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <[email protected]>
+ 
+ []

** Description changed:

  [Impact]
  
  On Groovy with linux-firmware 1.190.3:
  
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      54 Jan  7 15:40
  brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-a-plus.txt ->
  brcm/brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b-plus.txt
  
  That link target is wrong and doesn't exist, it should be without the
  'brcm/' prefix.
  
  [Test Case]
  
  $ ls -la /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43455*
  
  [Fix]
  
  The upstream fix is:
  
  commit a9993f8d3b241f70a691a5b81bf2cdb442c0e184
  Author: Takashi Iwai <[email protected]>
  Date:   Tue Sep 8 12:16:56 2020 +0200
  
      brcm: Fix a stale symlink for RPi3 model b+
  
      The symlink for brcmfmac43455-sdio.raspberrypi,3-model-b-plus.txt
      was wrongly listed with the same subdirectory brcm, and this resulted
      in a stale symlink.  Fix it.
  
      Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <[email protected]>
      Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <[email protected]>
  
- []
+ [Where Problems Could Occur]
+ 
+ Firmware is now loaded on Pi 3A+ at boot which didn't happen before so
+ theoretically that could crash the kernel if it's buggy.

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