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

david
2008-07-15T21:25:01Z

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, David Woodhouse wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 22:00 +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
>> I really think we should use /lib/firmware/`uname -r`/. I do see the
>> point here that I don't wanna overwrite existing firmware from other
>> installed kernels. Especially if modules_install will install the
>> firmware files.
>>
>> So in case of non-Ubuntu distros we have to push a fix to udev, but that
>> is not a big deal. It should be a one-line change if I am not mistaken.
>
> My concern with that is that even though it's a one-line change, it's a
> one-line change which people don't already _have_. We really do need to
> remain compatible with existing setups.

when I read this I had to double check who the mail was from. this sounds
like exactly the statement that Jeff has been making in his arguments to
allow for the firmware-in-the-modules approach.

David Lang