From e104b7aa60c63282f7eef24b567cdf6dad07a3b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: California Sullivan Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:16:37 -0700 Subject: backport-iwlwifi: comment about firmware requirements Its important to keep backport-iwlwifi in sync with the proper firmware, otherwise it may stop working with no immediately obvious cause. Signed-off-by: California Sullivan Signed-off-by: Saul Wold --- common/recipes-kernel/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi_git.bb | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'common/recipes-kernel') diff --git a/common/recipes-kernel/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi_git.bb b/common/recipes-kernel/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi_git.bb index cd1f5dd8..7c756a9a 100644 --- a/common/recipes-kernel/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi_git.bb +++ b/common/recipes-kernel/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi_git.bb @@ -9,13 +9,21 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/COPYING;md5=d7810fab7487fb0aad327b76f1be7cd7" inherit module +# For some iwfwifi LinuxCore supported wireless chips, the best/latest +# firmware blobs are found in the iwlwifi's linux-firmware.git fork. +# +# See: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi/core_release +# +# When updating this recipe, ensure that the proper firmware is included from +# either the linux-firmware or iwlwifi-firmware repos. + PV = "30" +SRCREV = "b31221a99488021300e7f89d2ecf9bdd2bc52dd2" + SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi;branch=release/LinuxCore${PV}" SRC_URI += "file://0001-Makefile.real-skip-host-install-scripts.patch" SRC_URI += "file://iwlwifi.conf" -SRCREV = "b31221a99488021300e7f89d2ecf9bdd2bc52dd2" - S = "${WORKDIR}/git" EXTRA_OEMAKE = "INSTALL_MOD_PATH=${D} KLIB_BUILD=${KBUILD_OUTPUT}" -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf