From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: Michael Riepe <michael.riepe@googlemail.com>
Cc: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:50:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1234644617.11641.4.camel@macbook.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <499722DF.3020208@googlemail.com>
On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 21:00 +0100, Michael Riepe wrote:
>
> That means that it shouldn't be delivered with the kernel in the first
> place, right? Neither built in nor as a separate file. Maybe that's an
> even better solution: distribute it separately.
We do. See the linux-firmware.git repository, which contains a bunch of
extra firmware too; not just the bits we've stripped out of legacy
drivers.
You can completely ignore the firmware that's shipped with the kernel,
and you're right -- it should go away. In time I hope it will.
--
dwmw2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-14 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-14 12:25 RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory Michael Riepe
2009-02-14 19:02 ` Robert Hancock
2009-02-14 19:15 ` Jaswinder Singh Rajput
2009-02-14 20:00 ` Michael Riepe
2009-02-14 20:50 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2009-02-14 22:12 ` david
2009-02-14 21:13 ` David Woodhouse
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