Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755510Ab1DKSqI (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:46:08 -0400 Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:48440 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754849Ab1DKSqH (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:46:07 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hEO5fSFgRvSz3GiU6MXDJ0mat4dUVUDFUUmOV7MiyyAHA6+goOBcCfjDNMeUbeDZPR MLrTHF0+w6xDH2faaGqbgFRAp07IzyhULeg1vM9+Rlxl5iiQ68NtPJ5Dp95AN3KD13iL SyJZ/5AUnFF8SctB+FxySRWqTUHwbGFgIRI0c= Message-ID: <4DA34C69.1050508@lwfinger.net> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:46:01 -0500 From: Larry Finger User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.14) Gecko/20110221 SUSE/3.1.8 Thunderbird/3.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gertjan van Wingerde CC: Ben Hutchings , Ivo Van Doorn , Xose Vazquez Perez , dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com Subject: Re: [rt2x00-users] [PATCH] rt2800pci: rt2800usb: Firmware update References: <1302532043-22934-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <4DA33F3A.6090707@gmail.com> <20110411181303.GD2268@decadent.org.uk> <4DA3477F.8080709@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DA3477F.8080709@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2431 Lines: 54 On 04/11/2011 01:25 PM, Gertjan van Wingerde wrote: > On 04/11/11 20:13, Ben Hutchings wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 07:57:15PM +0200, Ivo Van Doorn wrote: >>>>> From: Shiang Tu >>>>> >>>>> Update firmware for rt2800pci to Version 34 and firmware for rt2800usb to >>>>> Version 29. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Shiang Tu >>>>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger >>>>> --- >>>>> WHENCE | 8 ++++---- >>>>> rt2860.bin | Bin 8192 -> 8192 bytes >>>>> rt2870.bin | Bin 4096 -> 8192 bytes >>>>> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> links to rt3070.bin rt3071.bin rt3090.bin ??? >>> >>> What do you mean? Those files should be deleted from the linux-firmware >>> package. There is no need to keep them around, as with the removal of >>> the staging drivers, the last users of those files are gone. >> >> Stop repeating this nonsense, Ivo. If the firmware has been bundled in >> the Linux tree, that would be correct. For linux-firmware the policy is >> different. > > It's unbelievable how much fuzz a set of binary firmware files can create. > > To be honest, I do not care whether they stay or go, as long as it is very > clear that rt2x00 does not need, and will never need those files. If they > stay, I would recommend simply not touching them at all, and leave them as > they are, so that nothing changes for the people running the staging driver > (at least with respect to these 3 firmware files). > > Larry, it might be best to update your changes to the WHENCE file to clearly > state that these 3 files are only needed for the staging rt2860sta driver, > up to kernel 2.6.39 (assuming that that staging driver will be removed in 2.6.40). Agreed. I'll add that as soon as I get the requested info about what changed from Ralink. I can test if linking rt3090.bin to rt2860.bin works for the PCI device, but I have no USB stick for testing. As a result, I'm inclined to leave those files intact for the foreseeable future. Off-Topic: What are some makes/models of USB sticks? If there are some inexpensive models on E-bay, I could add to my collection. Larry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/