From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755619AbYFPUWO (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:22:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752739AbYFPUV7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:21:59 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:59721 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751552AbYFPUV7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:21:59 -0400 Message-ID: <4856CB61.6030202@garzik.org> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:21:53 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: David Woodhouse , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jaswinder@infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip2: use request_firmware() References: <1213609751.26255.673.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20080616115950.41bc65aa@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <4856C6C8.6060506@garzik.org> <4856C795.2050007@garzik.org> <20080616205820.1fe298d7@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080616205820.1fe298d7@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.4 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: >> There is no reason why firmware must be artificially separated into >> firmware/ > > It seems a good step towards kicking it all out of the kernel tree into > user space where it belongs. Why does that goal need a toplevel directory in the kernel source tree, one that ultimately must mirror the other hierarchies already in the tree? It's better to have drivers/char/ip2.ihex and keep everything related to a single driver in one place. Extracting the firmware: good Scattering a /single/ driver across multiple directories in the kernel tree: bad Jeff