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

Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-15T04:57:17Z

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:45:57 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:39:03 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > Put this way: if you do a distro, you _need_ to support firmware
> > loading anyway. And once you do that, it's just annoying how some
> > drivers then do something odd and special for the same thing, for
> > no real good reason.
>
> In what way is it annoying?
>
> Most distribution people aren't even aware that drivers like tg3 and
> bnx2 even have firmware. In fact it's self contained and less for
> them to worry about.

and.. after this patch that still seems to be the case, unless I'm
looking at it really cross eyed.
Nothing in this patch makes it impossible to do so.. or changes the
drivers you mention. in fact it's the opposite almost: it improves
request_firmware() usability significantly. (by allowing vmlinux build
in etc).

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