[OE-core] Broadcom firmware alternatives

Khem Raj raj.khem at gmail.com
Wed Dec 21 22:25:09 UTC 2016


On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 5:27 AM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> So /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac-sdio.bin is an alternative with five
> possibilities:
>
> /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4330-sdio.bin 10
> /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4329-sdio.bin 10
> /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4334-sdio.bin 10
> /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac4339-sdio.bin 20
> /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43340-sdio.bin 10
> /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.bin 10
>
> Note that they're all the same priority, so the choice of what goes into the
> rootfs is effectively random.
>
> From reading the internet it looks like this alternative was only required
> for kernels older than 3.13, so can we just remove this alternative now?
>

arent they for different chipsets ? if they are not supersets then
they should be able to
live together.

> Ross
>
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