[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] drm/i915/dmc: Step away from symbolic links

[Jani Nikula]

On Mon, 16 May 2016, Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.jakobsson at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> Load specific firmware versions for the DMC instead of using symbolic
> links. The currently recommended versions are: SKL 1.26, KBL 1.01 and
> BXT 1.07.
>
> Certain DMC versions need workarounds in the driver which forces us to
> have a tight dependency between firmware and driver. In order to be able
> to provide a tested and known working configuration we must lock down on
> a specific DMC firmware version.
>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi at intel.com>
> Cc: Imre Deak <imre.deak at intel.com>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.jakobsson at linux.intel.com>

On the general idea,

Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>

I guess we'll need to keep the symbolic links around in linux-firmware,
pointing to known good firmware versions, and *not* update the links
anymore.

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center