From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] firmware loader: introduce kernel parameter to customize fw search path
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:42:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121024054236.GA14826@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACVXFVNAWcNgf94mY24c7r2jwtciekz=N-Yw_PyY9-4sT+BL_Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:31:16AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > Ick, no, not another kernel boot parameter. I would prefer the /proc/
> > file solution instead, just like /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug is.
>
> OK, got it, but we could use the module parameter(firmware_class.path
> via kernel command) to customize the search path too, couldn't we?
Yes, but why? Let's not overdesign this, get the basics working and
then, if someone really needs it, we can add it.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-24 5:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-24 2:49 [PATCH 2/2] firmware loader: introduce kernel parameter to customize fw search path Ming Lei
2012-10-24 3:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2012-10-24 3:31 ` Ming Lei
2012-10-24 5:42 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2012-10-24 6:51 ` Ming Lei
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