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From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To:     Tom Psyborg <pozega.tomislav@gmail.com>
Cc:     linux-firmware@kernel.org,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
        ath9k-devel <ath9k-devel@qca.qualcomm.com>,
        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [PATCH] ath9k_htc: add fw 1.4.1
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Date:   Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:03:27 +0200
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        (Tom Psyborg's message of "Thu, 6 Sep 2018 19:32:41 +0200")
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(fixing quotation, PLEASE don't top post)

Tom Psyborg <pozega.tomislav@gmail.com> writes:

>> On 6 September 2018 at 17:32, Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>>
>>     Tomislav Po=C5=BEega <pozega.tomislav@gmail.com> writes:
>>=20=20=20=20=20
>>     > Add firmware v1.4.1 that supports up to 8 virtual APs and up
>>     > to 16 (current limit, at least on AR9271) client interfaces.
>>     > (1 AP + 15 STA, 4 AP + 12 STA etc)
>>     >
>>     > Signed-off-by: Tomislav Po=C5=BEega <pozega.tomislav@gmail.com>
>>     > ---
>>     > ath9k_htc/htc_7010-1.4.1.fw | Bin 0 -> 72812 bytes
>>     > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.1.fw | Bin 0 -> 51008 bytes
>>     > 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>     > create mode 100644 ath9k_htc/htc_7010-1.4.1.fw
>>     > create mode 100644 ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.1.fw
>>=20=20=20=20=20
>>     Is this is an official release from the open-ath9k-htc-firmware
>>     project
>>     or just some custom build of yours? I'm asking because I don't see
>>     anything in the master branch since January:
>>=20=20=20=20=20
>>     https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware/commits/master
>>=20=20=20=20=20
>>     IMHO Adrian Chadd (CCed) should be the one pushing the ath9k_htc
>>     firmware image to linux-firmware, unless the maintainer has
>>     changed of
>>     course.
>
> I was not sure if the fw images from open-ath9k-htc-firmware project
> are still being pulled into linux-firmware tree, so I created this
> build myself to meet the requirements for one of the patches I sent to
> linux-wireless list.

As ath9k_htc firmere is open it's easy to create backdoors etc and this
is why I think that linux-firmware should not take ath9k_htc firmware
binaries just from anyone, only from maintainers of
open-ath9k-htc-firmware project.

> Adrian, can you push the new fw version via official channel?

Adrian, can you help here?

--=20
Kalle Valo