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

Linus Torvalds
2008-07-15T02:34:51Z

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
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> My complaints are about --not breaking stuff--, not request_firmware().

Guys, request_firmware() has been around for about five years now.

If this discussion had happened in 2003, I'd agree.

As it is, I think it's time to just face it - many people do want to have
a unified interface (and yes, I obviously count myself in that group), and
you can't just continue do nothing and ignore that.

Your argument seems to be that you don't want to break anything, but
you've also clearly not wanted to _fix_ anything for the last five years.

At some point, somebody has to just do it. And five years is _way_ long
enough.

Linus