Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:37:17 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] firmware: Allow release-specific firmware dir |
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On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 03:35:07PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:15:35 -0400 > Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> wrote: > > > Every kernel package trying to provide files under /lib/firmware runs > > into problems really quickly with multiple kernels installed, especially > > with respect to distribution package tracking of the files. > > For how long has this problem existed?
Since the firmware target got added to the kernel, so it's a 2.6.27 thing, no need for -stable here, older kernels do not have this problem.
thanks,
greg k-h
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