From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1AB5C43387 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:59:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D6A72177B for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:59:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1547200769; bh=AZujvlrpFx70thDbpq618c25KqoHa12/iYnjylWNZ/Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=uTQL8GQ+fXGRM1Nn4LbznqHMXiWTOGzhB6QoobAjg+9XGMoPeOM/FZgY+Bt22f+Da thv7OYredIXdnXkkLBEWsErL9C0Erc1yv9i3BqVG4D8rasY1E8hZ2gw2ebGVtquVCo A6D+xHHNsBxBgmoHLJbs3QBUoQH7tn+5Sm7zHqcQ= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731540AbfAKJ72 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jan 2019 04:59:28 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:44204 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727653AbfAKJ72 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jan 2019 04:59:28 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [178.228.36.116]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F178920872; Fri, 11 Jan 2019 09:59:26 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1547200767; bh=AZujvlrpFx70thDbpq618c25KqoHa12/iYnjylWNZ/Y=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=oQoK2t0e35R9rh9/eEYg698D4m4Sl5An4Gje81EdQapS7BJYssp3B34jPwQJVoF7v wElDfRD2843OrLlbirhZUuAqsLdMLi+BZykOxvs8iI+79B3SZfYQ5Wy3bVOQQPPdns QyVdQK5KHyf4LO8S/HGLjGaAEgyA+GMjuXjeWLbA= Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:59:24 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Masahiro Yamada Cc: Luis Chamberlain , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michal Marek , "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: move firmware/ to drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/ Message-ID: <20190111095924.GA555@kroah.com> References: <1547200321-17120-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1547200321-17120-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 06:52:00PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Currently, the 'firmware' directory only contains a single Makefile > to embed extra firmware into the kernel. > > Move it to the more relevant place. So this moves any "build in" firmware to need to be placed in drivers/base/firmare_loader/builtin/ instead of firmware/builtin/ ? If so, why? That seems like a lot of extra work for people now. And burrying it down in the drivers/base/ directory is not obvious at all. thanks, greg k-h