Hi,
I checked the IPW2100 in the current git from linux-2.6 and the menuconfig
help (Kconfig) says you need to put the firmware in /etc/firmware, it should
be /lib/firmware.
Who should I send the "patch" to? Or can someone simply change that?
Thanks,
.Alejandro
On Tuesday 06 September 2005 20:32, Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I checked the IPW2100 in the current git from linux-2.6 and the menuconfig
> help (Kconfig) says you need to put the firmware in /etc/firmware, it should
> be /lib/firmware.
>
> Who should I send the "patch" to? Or can someone simply change that?
>
Firmware should go into /lib/firmware, not /etc/firmware.
Found by Alejandro Bonilla.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- linux-2.6.13-mm1-orig/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig 2005-09-02 23:59:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.13-mm1/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig 2005-09-06 20:39:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
You can obtain the firmware from
<http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you
- will need to place it in /etc/firmware.
+ will need to place it in /lib/firmware.
You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
configure your card:
> > Who should I send the "patch" to? Or can someone simply change that?
Jesper,
Thanks. I also had a question. To whom is this patch sent to? Netdev or LK?
How does one determine?
.Alejandro
>
> Firmware should go into /lib/firmware, not /etc/firmware.
>
> Found by Alejandro Bonilla.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
Alejandro Bonilla napsal(a):
> Thanks. I also had a question. To whom is this patch sent to? Netdev or LK?
>How does one determine?
>
>
Read, read, read. Documentation/SubmittingPatches, point 4.
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Hi!
> I checked the IPW2100 in the current git from linux-2.6 and the menuconfig
> help (Kconfig) says you need to put the firmware in /etc/firmware, it should
> be /lib/firmware.
>
> Who should I send the "patch" to? Or can someone simply change that?
Are you sure it is not distro-dependend?
--
64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms
AFAIK hotplug looks for firmware in /lib/firmware and not /etc/firmware.
On 9/8/05, Pavel Machek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > I checked the IPW2100 in the current git from linux-2.6 and the menuconfig
> > help (Kconfig) says you need to put the firmware in /etc/firmware, it should
> > be /lib/firmware.
> >
> > Who should I send the "patch" to? Or can someone simply change that?
>
> Are you sure it is not distro-dependend?
> --
> 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms
>
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> AFAIK hotplug looks for firmware in /lib/firmware and not
> /etc/firmware.
>
> On 9/8/05, Pavel Machek <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > > I checked the IPW2100 in the current git from
> linux-2.6 and the menuconfig
> > > help (Kconfig) says you need to put the firmware in
> /etc/firmware, it should
> > > be /lib/firmware.
> > >
> > > Who should I send the "patch" to? Or can someone simply
> change that?
> >
> > Are you sure it is not distro-dependend?
> > --
Right, IPW2100 came with Legacy fw load first. Maybe that was dragged from
long time ago and used incorrectly.
I'm 100% sure that new versions of hotplug try to look at /lib/firmware and
was /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware before, but there was some discussion that
/lib would make more sense cause /usr could be dependant on other stuff.
Jesper already signed the patch.
.Alejandro