Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:58:45 +0400 | From | Michael Tokarev <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.27.1: install conflict about /lib/firmware |
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Harald Dunkel wrote: > Hi folks, > > Seems that there is an installation conflict about > /lib/firmware/ess/maestro3_assp_kernel.fw (and probably > others) between 2.6.27 and 2.6.27.1. Using dpkg I get
Since 2.6.27, firmware binaries are placed into /lib/firmware directory. The reason is that firmware is not kernel-dependent. Or, rather, the firmware stored here is not kernel-dependent (when it is, it's stored in /lib/modules/$version/).
[] > Probably other package managers get a similar problem.
A package build script should be updated to create separate package with the firmware, and to add proper reguiriments and/or dependencies.
> Wouldn't it be more consistent to put the firmware files in a > kernel specific directory, e.g. in /lib/firmware/2.6.27.1 or > /lib/modules/2.6.27.1/firmware ?
No, because the firmware is not kernel-dependent, but device-dependent. It were deliberate choice.
/mjt
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