Re: what determines how firmware is loaded? (Q. onrequest_firmware details)

From: Mark Brown
Date: Thu Apr 26 2012 - 11:23:08 EST


On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 03:56:03PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:

> You do realize just how old and obsolete your 3.0.8 kernel is, right? I
> suggest you update to the latest version, or, if you are stuck with this
> kernel, go ask the vendor who provided it to you for support, as they
> are the best ones to help you out.

Unfortunately 3.0 is what ICS is based off so the overwhelming majority
of vendor code is going to be based on it until the next Android
release. With my vendor hat on I have to say that we find our upstream
first policy extremely effective so we shouldn't be part of the issue.
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