[Bug 97182] [REGRESSION][BISECT] Linux 4.8: SKL DMC Version is now 1.23?

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--- Comment #11 from Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com> ---
(In reply to Direx from comment #10)
> (In reply to Jani Nikula from comment #9)
> > Perhaps. But the point is, that change has to happen via a kernel change
> > rather than arbitrarily on the linux-firmware update.
> > 
> > Also, when there are kernels out there that expect 1.23, we can't just drop
> > 1.23 from linux-firmware.
> Fair enough. But the latest firmware is symlinked via skl_dmc_ver1.bin
> anyway, so a later firmware version should not be rejected by the kernel.
> 
> 4aa7fb9c, which also introduced the version pinning, got rid of loading by
> symlink and forced firmware loading via real filename. In this case all
> firmware files should be present in linux-firmware. But if the kernel loads
> the firmware by the skl_dmc_ver1 symlink (which is the case right now
> again), then there is no point in keeping multiple FW releases in
> linux-firmware.

The symlink should also be removed.

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