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From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: david@lang.hm, jeff@garzik.org, arjan@infradead.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, dwmw2@infradead.org,
	alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers.
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:25:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200807151925.50432.elendil@planet.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807150936070.3017@woody.linux-foundation.org>

On Tuesday 15 July 2008, you wrote:
> So I think the _infrastructure_ is important. But the extreme "you have
> to split it off entirely" mindset is equally as stupid as the "you must
> compile it into the module" mindset.

Agreed. All I've wanted to say is that having the _option_ to continue to 
compile it into the module can simplify certain use cases, including my 
current use of the kernel's own deb-pkg target for private builds of the 
kernel for testing purposes.

One thing I would dearly like to see is the ability to choose a different 
location for firmware for my own custom built kernels than the location 
used for firmware from official Debian kernel packages so that at least 
those two don't clash.
Doesn't look like that is possible with current git head.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-15 17:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 227+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-14 23:23 [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers David Woodhouse
2008-07-14 23:41 ` Andrew Morton
2008-07-14 23:47   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-14 23:53     ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15  0:23       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  0:31         ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15  0:50           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  1:08             ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15  7:50             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-15  0:50         ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15  0:52           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  0:53             ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15  1:13           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:45     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-15 20:49       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:57         ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 23:45           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-16  7:01         ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-16 21:28           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-16 22:42             ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-17 20:42               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-17 21:25                 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-17 22:25                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-18  4:15                 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-14 23:59   ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15  0:06     ` david
2008-07-15  0:33       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  0:51         ` david
2008-07-15  1:02           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  1:18             ` david
2008-07-15  2:08               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  2:47                 ` david
2008-07-15  7:57                 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 15:04                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:01                     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 17:09                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:30                         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 17:41                           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:45                             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:11                               ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:21                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:33                                   ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:20                             ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:25                               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:30                                 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:00                                   ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 20:06                                     ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:30                                       ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 21:24                                       ` david
2008-07-15 18:44                                 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:53                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:09                                     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 19:18                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:58                                   ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-15 19:14                                     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 19:19                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:23                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 21:14                                         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 21:24                                           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 21:47                                             ` David Miller
2008-07-15 22:42                                               ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 22:45                                                 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 23:05                                                 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 21:24                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 21:39                                             ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 22:12                                               ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 22:46                                                 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16  0:55                                                 ` Sven-Haegar Koch
2008-07-16  8:02                                                   ` Gabor Gombas
2008-07-16  4:55                                       ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15 19:27                                     ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  1:52           ` David Miller
2008-07-15  2:23             ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15  2:24               ` David Miller
2008-07-15  2:32                 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15  2:39                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  2:45                   ` David Miller
2008-07-15  4:56                     ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15  5:09                       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  5:45                         ` david
2008-07-15  6:03                           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  6:23                             ` Oliver Neukum
2008-07-15 14:40                               ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 16:52                                 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-07-15 18:09                                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  5:32                       ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15  3:06                   ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15 23:33                   ` Alexandre Oliva
2008-07-15  5:15                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-07-15  5:30                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  1:50         ` David Miller
2008-07-15  2:54           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  5:34             ` david
2008-07-15  0:36       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  0:40         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  0:44           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  5:05             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-07-15  2:12         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15  2:17           ` David Miller
2008-07-15  2:23             ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  2:52               ` david
2008-07-15  4:45               ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15  1:54     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15  2:13       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  2:19         ` David Miller
2008-07-15  2:22         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15  2:33           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  2:40             ` David Miller
2008-07-15  2:51               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  3:05                 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15  4:58                 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 14:55                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 15:09                     ` david
2008-07-15 16:01                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 16:21                         ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 17:56                         ` david
2008-07-15 17:35                     ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 17:44                       ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  3:15             ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15  3:29               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  5:06                 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15  5:32                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  5:36                     ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15  5:37                     ` david
2008-07-16  0:10                     ` Alexandre Oliva
2008-07-16  0:26                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15  7:21                 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15  7:36                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  8:07                     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 15:10                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 16:53                         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 17:16                         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 17:25                           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:54                             ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15  8:14                     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-15  8:24                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-15 12:42                   ` Alan Cox
2008-07-17 21:31                     ` David Miller
2008-07-15  2:48           ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15  5:12             ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 15:57         ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 16:04           ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15 16:24             ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 16:36             ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 17:33               ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15 17:57                 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 16:15           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 16:33             ` david
2008-07-15 16:41               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:25                 ` Frans Pop [this message]
2008-07-15 17:36                 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 19:22                 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 16:35             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 16:48               ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 17:07                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:26               ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 16:37             ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 18:05           ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-07-15 18:14             ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:24               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:37                 ` Chris Friesen
2008-07-15 18:55                 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 19:02                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:41                     ` david
2008-07-15 19:59                     ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 20:15                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 20:55                         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 23:02                           ` Dave Jones
2008-07-15 23:46                             ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16  0:00                               ` Dave Jones
2008-07-16  0:10                           ` Chris Adams
2008-07-16  6:04                             ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 19:07                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 19:29                 ` Peter T. Breuer
2008-07-15 18:20             ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 19:13               ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 19:39             ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 19:20           ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 19:27             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:31               ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 19:38                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:44                   ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 22:19                     ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-15 19:32               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:36               ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 19:49                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:54                   ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 20:07                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 20:21                       ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 20:30                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 20:33                         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 21:17                         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 20:26                       ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 20:47                         ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 21:24                           ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16 22:05                         ` Diego Calleja
2008-07-15 21:27                       ` david
2008-07-15 21:40                         ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 21:43                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 22:20                           ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 22:24                           ` david
2008-07-15 22:26                             ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 22:50                               ` david
2008-07-15 23:42                             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-16  0:22                               ` Frans Pop
2008-07-16  0:28                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-16  0:43                                   ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16  1:11                                     ` Prosaic firmware issues Alexey Dobriyan
2008-07-16  1:45                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-16  5:54                                         ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-16 14:19                                           ` Alexey Dobriyan
2008-07-16  4:42                                     ` [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers Willy Tarreau
2008-09-12 20:59                                       ` Jeff Garzik
2008-09-12 21:43                                         ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-16  0:51                               ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-16  1:36                                 ` Dave Jones
2008-07-16  2:39                                   ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-16  3:07                                   ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16  9:09                                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-07-15 19:57                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:10                     ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 20:17                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 20:25                         ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 23:04                     ` Dave Jones
2008-07-15  1:44   ` David Miller
2008-07-15  9:57     ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15  1:45 ` Jeff Garzik
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