Re: request_firmware() backport to 2.4 kernels

[Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:16:38PM +0200, Manuel Estrada Sainz wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  A while back request_firmware() was added to the 2.5 kernel series to
>  support firmware needing drivers keeping the firmware images in
>  userspace. And I also backported it to the 2.4 kernel series on top of
>  procfs, but Marcelo didn't answer emails relating to it (there where
>  probably other more important matters back then).
>  
>  Since then, the 2.4 backport has been deployed and tested with
>  orinoco_usb driver variant (http://orinoco-usb.alioth.debian.org/),
>  as you can see in the download statistics in alioth, there has been
>  more than 400 downloads of the request_firmware enabled version
>  (0.2.1). And drivers on the 2.5/2.6 series are being ported to use
>  request_firmware() interface.
> 
>  Would it be possible to include it in the -aa kernel tree? That would
>  make it accessible to a wider audience for testing, and make it easier
>  for developers to backport their drivers to the 2.4
>  series.
> 
>  Attached goes the patch against current 2.4-bk-cvs.

it's not intrusive, so I can certainly include it in the meantime,
thanks.

>  Have a nice day

same to you ;)

Andrea