Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: mt7601u: update firmware path

From: Kalle Valo <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 08:24:12 +0300

Daniel Golle <[email-masked]> writes:

> mt7601u.bin was moved to mediatek/ folder in linux-wireless via commit
> 8451c2b1 ("mt76xx: Move the old Mediatek WiFi firmware to mediatek")
> and linux-firmware release 20230515.

Why was it moved?

> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/usb.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/usb.h
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
>  
>  #include "mt7601u.h"
>  
> -#define MT7601U_FIRMWARE	"mt7601u.bin"
> +#define MT7601U_FIRMWARE	"mediatek/mt7601u.bin"

How do we handle backwards compatibility? We have a rule that old
userspace needs to work with new kernel and this change breaks that.

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