Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers.

Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15T18:15:17Z

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
>> If I were able to compile firmware into the modules, the problem would be
>> solved in one go.
>
> And this thread would have been shorter, even. I hope someone decides to
> write that support instead of complaining ;-)

I've volunteered -- but if Linus and David will reject my code out of
hand, there is not much point in writing it.

>> [2] As one of the developers for Debian Installer I'm not looking forward
>> to the complications that is going to cause for us and users.
>
> That was my point. These firmware loading changes are good, but there is a
> lot of crap missing (most of it NOT in the kernel) before it can be exposed
> to ordinary users.

100% agreed.

That's the point I've been trying to make all along.

The end goal is good, but it's not at all ready for normal users.

> And without firmware-in-the-module support (which is the ONLY scenario where
> the entire userspace will not notice anything different), this WILL cause
> problem to distros, we will need to scramble up and fix it all before we can
> package 2.6.26. I don't know if this is a big problem, though. The work
> will need to be done sooner or later anyway, and we should have enough time
> to do so as long as we don't care for packaging the early -rc.

Agreed.

Jeff