From 25688f4d67d452192c1cc6b201c29dab0f2b8ab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Masters Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:21:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] firmware: search for third party or sysadmin supplied firmware updates We currently search /lib/firmware and /lib/firmware/`uname -r` for firmware files for device drivers loaded by the currently running kernel. These are often packaged by distributions as a subpackage of the kernel or as a separate package containing firmware. But these files cannot easily be updated by third parties or sysadmins independently of that package. This patch causes udev to also look for firmware files in an "updates" directory, which is almost identical in purpose to the module-init-tools "updates" directories insomuch as local changes can go in here and will take preference over firmware supplied by any distribution. --- extras/firmware/firmware.sh | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/extras/firmware/firmware.sh b/extras/firmware/firmware.sh index eececa85a..9d4659a34 100755 --- a/extras/firmware/firmware.sh +++ b/extras/firmware/firmware.sh @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ #!/bin/sh -e -FIRMWARE_DIRS="/lib/firmware/$(uname -r) /lib/firmware" +FIRMWARE_DIRS="/lib/firmware/updates/$(uname -r) /lib/firmware/updates \ + /lib/firmware/$(uname -r) /lib/firmware" err() { echo "$@" >&2 -- 2.30.2