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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] firmware loader: introduce kernel parameter to customize fw search path
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:18:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121024031845.GA11255@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1351046993-2220-1-git-send-email-ming.lei@canonical.com>

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:49:53AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> This patch introduces one kernel parameter of 'fw_path' to support
> customizing firmware image search path, so that people can use its
> own firmware path if the default built-in paths can't meet their demand[1].
> 
> [1], https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/11/337
> 
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>

Ick, no, not another kernel boot parameter.  I would prefer the /proc/
file solution instead, just like /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug is.

But, that really wouldn't work for boot time, so, again just like
hotplug works, make it also a Kconfig option for those distros that
build their own kernels and keep their firmware in odd places, or don't
have a /lib/ directory, can override it easily.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-24  3:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-24  2:49 [PATCH 2/2] firmware loader: introduce kernel parameter to customize fw search path Ming Lei
2012-10-24  3:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2012-10-24  3:31   ` Ming Lei
2012-10-24  5:42     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-10-24  6:51       ` Ming Lei

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