From: "Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@nortel.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>,
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>,
arjan@infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
dwmw2@infradead.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers.
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:37:09 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <487CEE55.2010904@nortel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807151122010.3017@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Why compile them into the module, when that's just the _inflexible_ model?
>
> Why not just install them with the module (perhaps in the module
> directory, perhaps not), and just load them?
>
> Really. You _do_ have do to "make modules_install" or similar. That has
> _already_ got inter-file dependencies (ie some modules simply depend on
> other modules). I'm not seeing why you cannot accept change.
Even if the end goal is to support more flexible firmware loading, it
would seem to make sense to allow building the firmware into the
module--if only as an interim step to avoid breaking existing setups.
Chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-15 18:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 227+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-14 23:23 [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers David Woodhouse
2008-07-14 23:41 ` Andrew Morton
2008-07-14 23:47 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-14 23:53 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15 0:23 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 0:31 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15 0:50 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 1:08 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15 7:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-15 0:50 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15 0:52 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 0:53 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-07-15 1:13 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:45 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-15 20:49 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:57 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 23:45 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-16 7:01 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-16 21:28 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-16 22:42 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-17 20:42 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-17 21:25 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-17 22:25 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2008-07-18 4:15 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-14 23:59 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15 0:06 ` david
2008-07-15 0:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 0:51 ` david
2008-07-15 1:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 1:18 ` david
2008-07-15 2:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 2:47 ` david
2008-07-15 7:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 15:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 17:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 17:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:11 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:20 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:30 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:00 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 20:06 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:30 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 21:24 ` david
2008-07-15 18:44 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 19:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:58 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-15 19:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 19:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 21:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 21:24 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 21:47 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 22:42 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 22:45 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 23:05 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 21:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 21:39 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 22:12 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 22:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16 0:55 ` Sven-Haegar Koch
2008-07-16 8:02 ` Gabor Gombas
2008-07-16 4:55 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15 19:27 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 1:52 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 2:23 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15 2:24 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 2:32 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15 2:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 2:45 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 4:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15 5:09 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 5:45 ` david
2008-07-15 6:03 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 6:23 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-07-15 14:40 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 16:52 ` Oliver Neukum
2008-07-15 18:09 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 5:32 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15 3:06 ` Rene Herman
2008-07-15 23:33 ` Alexandre Oliva
2008-07-15 5:15 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-07-15 5:30 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 1:50 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 2:54 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 5:34 ` david
2008-07-15 0:36 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 0:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 0:44 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 5:05 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-07-15 2:12 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 2:17 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 2:23 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 2:52 ` david
2008-07-15 4:45 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 1:54 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 2:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 2:19 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 2:22 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 2:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 2:40 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 2:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 3:05 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 4:58 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 14:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 15:09 ` david
2008-07-15 16:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 16:21 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 17:56 ` david
2008-07-15 17:35 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 17:44 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 3:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 3:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 5:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 5:32 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 5:36 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 5:37 ` david
2008-07-16 0:10 ` Alexandre Oliva
2008-07-16 0:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 7:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 7:36 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 8:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 15:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 16:53 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 17:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 17:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:54 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 8:14 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-15 8:24 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-07-15 12:42 ` Alan Cox
2008-07-17 21:31 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 2:48 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 5:12 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 15:57 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 16:04 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15 16:24 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 16:36 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 17:33 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15 17:57 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 16:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 16:33 ` david
2008-07-15 16:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 17:25 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 17:36 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 19:22 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 16:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 16:48 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 17:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:26 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 16:37 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 18:05 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-07-15 18:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 18:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 18:37 ` Chris Friesen [this message]
2008-07-15 18:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 19:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:41 ` david
2008-07-15 19:59 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 20:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 20:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 23:02 ` Dave Jones
2008-07-15 23:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16 0:00 ` Dave Jones
2008-07-16 0:10 ` Chris Adams
2008-07-16 6:04 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 19:07 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 19:29 ` Peter T. Breuer
2008-07-15 18:20 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 19:13 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 19:39 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 19:20 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 19:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:31 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 19:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:44 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 22:19 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-07-15 19:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:36 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 19:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 19:54 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 20:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 20:21 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 20:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 20:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 21:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 20:26 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 20:47 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-15 21:24 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16 22:05 ` Diego Calleja
2008-07-15 21:27 ` david
2008-07-15 21:40 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15 21:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 22:20 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-15 22:24 ` david
2008-07-15 22:26 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 22:50 ` david
2008-07-15 23:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-16 0:22 ` Frans Pop
2008-07-16 0:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-16 0:43 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16 1:11 ` Prosaic firmware issues Alexey Dobriyan
2008-07-16 1:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-16 5:54 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-16 14:19 ` Alexey Dobriyan
2008-07-16 4:42 ` [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers Willy Tarreau
2008-09-12 20:59 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-09-12 21:43 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-16 0:51 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-16 1:36 ` Dave Jones
2008-07-16 2:39 ` Theodore Tso
2008-07-16 3:07 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-07-16 9:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-07-15 19:57 ` David Woodhouse
2008-07-15 20:10 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 20:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15 20:25 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 23:04 ` Dave Jones
2008-07-15 1:44 ` David Miller
2008-07-15 9:57 ` Marcel Holtmann
2008-07-15 1:45 ` Jeff Garzik
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