From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Shuduo Sang <sangshuduo@gmail.com>,
devzero@web.de, bosko.radivojevic@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Inserting code from userspace to kernel space
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 21:19:38 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <483AA3D2.3@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805261143450.18218@twin.jikos.cz>
Jiri Kosina wrote:
> This is different, because the firmware that is loaded by
> request_firmware() is not meant to be interpreted/executed by the kernel,
> drivers usually just pass it over to the device.
Usually, but not obligatory. It seems like it might be useful to
overload the mechanism for the specified requirement. It's just an idea.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-26 11:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-23 14:30 Inserting code from userspace to kernel space devzero
2008-05-25 3:37 ` Shuduo Sang
2008-05-25 3:47 ` David Newall
2008-05-25 15:44 ` Shuduo Sang
2008-05-26 9:44 ` Jiri Kosina
2008-05-26 11:49 ` David Newall [this message]
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2008-05-25 9:35 devzero
2008-05-25 12:21 ` David Newall
2008-05-25 13:14 ` Tom Spink
2008-05-22 12:41 Bosko Radivojevic
2008-05-22 13:06 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-05-22 14:31 ` Helge Hafting
2008-05-22 16:04 ` Shuduo Sang
2008-05-25 5:44 ` Alex Belits
2008-05-25 7:18 ` Bart Van Assche
2008-05-26 6:48 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-05-26 9:54 ` Jike Song
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