From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267250AbUH1Pgb (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:36:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267259AbUH1Pgb (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:36:31 -0400 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:48276 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267250AbUH1PdS (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:33:18 -0400 Subject: Re: PWC issue From: Kasper Sandberg To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: Greg KH , adam@yggdrasil.com, steve@steve-parker.org, LKML Mailinglist In-Reply-To: <20040828081100.6b6c9f8c.rddunlap@osdl.org> References: <200408281750.i7SHo5C05936@freya.yggdrasil.com> <20040828051919.GC10151@kroah.com> <20040828081100.6b6c9f8c.rddunlap@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:33:16 +0200 Message-Id: <1093707197.12690.5.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.93 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 08:11 -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:19:19 -0700 Greg KH wrote: > > | On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 10:50:05AM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote: > | > > | > By the way, I have a long running dispute with Greg K-H > | > about his refusal so far to remove replace the GPL incompatible > | > firmware in certain USB serial drivers with such a user level > | > loading mechanism. Go figure. > | > | Send me a patch to do so, and I will apply it (must include userspace > | files so that hotplug can load them properly.) > | > | The last time we went around about this I rejected it as we were in a > | stable kernel series. As that is now not true, I'm open to the patch. > > Which part is now not true? i believe what he means is, that the new development model permits doing such stuff even now where 2.6 is a stable release > > | It's not an idealogical issue for me, given Linus's statements about > | firmware in the kernel, but I do agree that it is a better thing as we > | have used up less kernel memory. > > > -- > ~Randy > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >