[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.
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Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard
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