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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] firmware_loader: introduce new API -
 request_firmware_direct_full_path()
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:08:06 +0200
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 05:44:55PM +0800, Kweh, Hock Leong wrote:
> From: "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@intel.com>
> 
> Introduce this new API for loading firmware from a specific location
> instead of /lib/firmware/ by providing a full path to the firmware
> file.

Ick, why would we want this?