[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux-firmware: ath9k_htc - use newer firmware

[Gustavo Zacarias]

On 15/03/16 07:47, Alexey Brodkin wrote:

> Existing blobs are of version ath9k-htc 1.3.1, see
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=21a6c3e55df956dd223279627685778268ede70f
>
> These are as said in the commit are left for compatibility with older
> kernels which [older kernels] will look for blobs in the
> root of "/lib/firmware".
>
> But there're newer v1.4 blobs in ath9k_htc folder.
> And newer kernels (>=4.4) look first in that new location
> "/lib/firmware/ath9k_htc".
>
> Note that even new kernels will fall back to previous location
> if new one doesn't exist.
>
> Tested with TP-LINK TL-WN722N (has Atheros AR9271 inside).
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin at synopsys.com>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: John Keeping <john at metanate.com>
> Cc: Matt Weber <matt at thewebers.ws>
> Cc: Alex Suykov <alex.suykov at gmail.com>
> Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
> Cc: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo at zacarias.com.ar>

Acked-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo at zacarias.com.ar>