[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux-firmware: ath9k_htc - use newer firmware

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Mar 15 12:15:01 UTC 2016


>>>>> "Alexey" == Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin at synopsys.com> writes:

 > Existing blobs are of version ath9k-htc 1.3.1, see
 > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=21a6c3e55df956dd223279627685778268ede70f

 > These are as said in the commit are left for compatibility with older
 > kernels which [older kernels] will look for blobs in the
 > root of "/lib/firmware".

 > But there're newer v1.4 blobs in ath9k_htc folder.
 > And newer kernels (>=4.4) look first in that new location
 > "/lib/firmware/ath9k_htc".

 > Note that even new kernels will fall back to previous location
 > if new one doesn't exist.

 > Tested with TP-LINK TL-WN722N (has Atheros AR9271 inside).

Committed, thanks.

-- 
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard 


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