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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>,
	linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [uclinux-dist-devel] [PATCH] firmware: Make firmware drivers
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:45:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTinGMN8A99YZMVa1XDRuy3rUSO2UGg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110621003507.GG1905@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 20:35, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 02:25:21PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 14:11, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
>> > "drivers/firmware" is the obvious name for both, but that makes
>> > it ambiguous.  I'd suggest to split the two subsystems into
>> > "drivers/host-firmware" and "drivers/device-firmware".
>
>> i honestly dont see how this is better.  the drivers/firmware/ isnt
>> exactly overflowing, and differentiating between the two modes doesnt
>> seem to gain us anything.
>
> Do we have anything like an actual subsystem in firmware?  If we do and
> it's sensible to do things that affect all firmwares then splitting
> seems reasonable but if not then it's less clear.

i dont think there is.  we havent hit enough critical mass yet to warrant it.
-mike

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-21  1:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20110617103218.GA29723@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
2011-06-17 11:40 ` [PATCH] firmware: Make firmware drivers generally available Lars-Peter Clausen
2011-06-17 13:16   ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-06-17 15:56     ` Mike Frysinger
2011-06-17 18:11       ` Clemens Ladisch
2011-06-17 18:25         ` Mike Frysinger
2011-06-21  0:35           ` Mark Brown
2011-06-21  1:45             ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2011-06-17 15:56   ` Mike Frysinger

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