[OE-core] Broadcom firmware alternatives

[Khem Raj]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
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> On 21 December 2016 at 22:25, Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> arent they for different chipsets ? if they are not supersets then
>> they should be able to
>> live together.
>
>
> Yes. they're different chipsets.
>
> From https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/brcm80211:
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>> In kernel priors to v3.13 the SDIO driver used generic firmware names.
>> Below are the instruction Use the nvram file installed in your system and
>> copy it to /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac-sdio.txt The firmware can be found in
>> the linux-firmware repository.
>> For 4329: cp brcm/brcmfmac4329.bin /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac-sdio.bin
>> For 4330: cp brcm/brcmfmac4330.bin /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac-sdio.bin
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>
> Which makes me think that the non-versioned name was used by older drivers
> for *all* chipsets, and you had to know what chipset you had to create the
> right filename.  Modern kernels (post 3.13, January 2014 onwards) use
> versioned firmware names so this is all redundant.
>

I think dropping it would be ok. Others might have concerns so lets
wait for more
responses.