Hi Arjan, > > > > Is the tool you mentioned last June [1] available for splitting up the > > > > old firmware files to the new format (eg > > > > /lib/firmware/intel-ucode/06-0d-06), or are updates available from > > > > Intel (or otherwise) in this new format? > > > Yes, we are preparing the new format data files and maybe put it into a > > > new website. We will announce it when it's ready. > > > > please do _NOT_ use any sub-directories in the request_firmware() call. > > it's not a strictly a subdirectory; there is a slash in the "metaname" > the kernel asks for, and you can in userspace see it as subdirectory or > you don't.. that's entirely upto the userspace side :)
that is the whole point. The slash was never meant to be used. It was designed to take a filename or a pattern that will be later matched by userspace. However some developers are now trying to abuse this since the simple firmware helper script matches this directly to a filename (and directory in this case) on the disk. Putting a slash in the request_firmware() call now enforces a subdirectory and that should be left up to the userspace. So the slash is actually a forbidden character here. Regards Marcel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
