Hi Jared! Yes, I saw that. But it's using firmload() as well to load it.
I moved this firmware because it was the only one remaining in that directory. I can put it back, if people think that's preferable, or someone else can revert, I don't mind. Cheers, Thomas P.S.: The file is 44k, so I'm not convinced by the "/ is small" argument. ;) On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 12:25:16PM -0300, Jared McNeill wrote: > Hi Thomas -- > > The bcm43xx firmware is different from other firmware images because it is > not loaded by the kernel directly. The tool that loads this image lives in > /usr/sbin, so /usr/libdata/firmware seemed more appropriate. The path > already existed in the list of firmware search paths (sysctl > hw.firmware.path) long before these files were added. > > Cheers, > Jared > > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Thomas Klausner wrote: > > > Module Name: src > > Committed By: wiz > > Date: Mon Jul 22 14:47:51 UTC 2019 > > > > Modified Files: > > src/distrib/sets/lists/base: mi > > src/etc/mtree: NetBSD.dist.base > > src/external/broadcom/bcm43xx: Makefile > > > > Log Message: > > Move bcm43xx to /libdata/firmware, where all the other firmwares live. > > > > Deprecate /usr/libdata/firmware. > > > > > > To generate a diff of this commit: > > cvs rdiff -u -r1.1207 -r1.1208 src/distrib/sets/lists/base/mi > > cvs rdiff -u -r1.198 -r1.199 src/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist.base > > cvs rdiff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 src/external/broadcom/bcm43xx/Makefile > > > > Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the > > copyright notices on the relevant files. > > > > >
