From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752114AbaHZRO3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:14:29 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:49030 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751592AbaHZRO1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2014 13:14:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:14:25 +0200 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Abhay Salunke Cc: Tom Gundersen , crrodriguez@opensuse.org, Takashi Iwai , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Mario Limonciello Subject: Re: dell rbu driver and FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER Message-ID: <20140826171425.GQ3347@wotan.suse.de> References: <20140826170946.GP3347@wotan.suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140826170946.GP3347@wotan.suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 07:09:46PM +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > When Christian tried removing the udev firmware loader > it was detected that the Dell rbu driver still required > use of FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER [0]. This driver needed > reworking to not be tied to the firmware loader, curious > if anyone has been working on that. Is the current > implementation depending on that userspace identifies > the required path to the file ? Why can't standard > /lib/firmware/ paths be used ? > > [0] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-May/019631.html Well abhay_salunke@dell.com bounces. Who at Dell is maintaining this driver now? Maybe Mario can help finding the right person? Luis