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

Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15T20:32:27Z

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
>
> so request_firmware() is well established and works. It is used by a
> bunch of drivers at the moment.

That's not the question.

The question is whether it works with the *new* users.

Which it would apparently NOT do for everybody if we put the new drivers
in any other place than /lib/firmware, very much including a kernel-
specific subdirectory there.

Linus