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From: Dimitris Papastamos <dp@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] firmware: Convert firmware path setup from an array to a list
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:29:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121023132939.GA10160@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACVXFVOMb3A=9wKm+-wnsg7=dTbjJjU2gZrUPBDK=TROTx_erA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 09:08:50PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Dimitris Papastamos
> <dp@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> wrote:
> > In preparation to support dynamic listing/updating of firmware
> > paths via procfs, this patch converts the firmware path configuration
> > from an array to a list.
> 
> I remembered that I have questioned on dynamic listing/updating of
> firmware via procfs, looks you don't reply, :-(
> 
>       http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134988208617179&w=2
> 
> IMO, it is not a good idea to update firmware path dynamically via proc
> because it may be too late to update a dynamic search path via /proc
> and drivers need request firmware just after rootfs is mounted.
> 
> kernel parameter should be a good way to pass one customerized
> path.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Ming Lei

Hi sorry for being unclear, I mentioned in the old thread that
I've not had time to fix this properly (or think about a proper
fix), Greg requested a rebase on top of linux-next, however, at
least for firmware path listing.

Should I amend the commit description so it is not misleading and
remove the 'updating' part?

Thanks,
Dimitris

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-23 13:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-23 12:52 [PATCH 0/3 v2] Expose firmware paths via procfs Dimitris Papastamos
2012-10-23 12:52 ` [PATCH 1/3 v2] firmware: Convert firmware path setup from an array to a list Dimitris Papastamos
2012-10-23 13:08   ` Ming Lei
2012-10-23 13:29     ` Dimitris Papastamos [this message]
2012-10-23 13:37       ` Ming Lei
2012-10-23 13:44         ` Dimitris Papastamos
2012-10-23 14:37           ` Ming Lei
2012-10-23 12:52 ` [PATCH 2/3 v2] firmware: Add /proc/firmware_path entry to list the firmware paths Dimitris Papastamos
2012-10-25 18:48   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-10-26 10:07     ` Dimitris Papastamos
2012-10-26 23:56       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-10-23 12:52 ` [PATCH 3/3 v2] firmware: Factor out code to add paths to the firmware path list Dimitris Papastamos

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