2022-03-15 20:28:21

by Martin Blumenstingl

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] Bluetooth: btrtl: btmrvl: Fix firmware filename for some rtl chipsets

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 10:52 AM Meng Tang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Firmware for rtl chipset is as part of the linux-firmware repository
> in dir linux-firmware/rtl_bt. Today, the rtl8761a_config,
> rtl8821a_config and rtl8723b_config files are used in btrtl, but it
> doesn't actually exist, which causes errors like:
>
> bluetooth: Direct firmware load for rtl_bt/rtl8821a_config.bin
> failed with error -2
These config files can be board specific. I don't know the policy for
MODULE_FIRMWARE macros.
Personally I think: if the driver tries to load a specific firmware
file then it's fine to have a MODULE_FIRMWARE entry. Even if this
firmware is not part of the linux-firmware repository.


Best regards,
Martin