Re: CVS commit: src

[Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

Hi Thomas --

The bcm43xx firmware is different from other firmware images because it is 
not loaded by the kernel directly. The tool that loads this image lives in 
/usr/sbin, so /usr/libdata/firmware seemed more appropriate. The path 
already existed in the list of firmware search paths (sysctl 
hw.firmware.path) long before these files were added.

Cheers,
Jared


On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Thomas Klausner wrote:

> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	wiz
> Date:		Mon Jul 22 14:47:51 UTC 2019
>
> Modified Files:
> 	src/distrib/sets/lists/base: mi
> 	src/etc/mtree: NetBSD.dist.base
> 	src/external/broadcom/bcm43xx: Makefile
>
> Log Message:
> Move bcm43xx to /libdata/firmware, where all the other firmwares live.
>
> Deprecate /usr/libdata/firmware.
>
>
> To generate a diff of this commit:
> cvs rdiff -u -r1.1207 -r1.1208 src/distrib/sets/lists/base/mi
> cvs rdiff -u -r1.198 -r1.199 src/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist.base
> cvs rdiff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 src/external/broadcom/bcm43xx/Makefile
>
> Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
> copyright notices on the relevant files.