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

Jeff Garzik
2008-07-15T18:20:50Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Already addressed -- you and David seem to be ignoring the common case where
>> you may update the driver but not the kernel, making that feature far less
>> useful than it appears.
>
> This is the "I'm too stupid to live" argument. I've already answered that.
> What's so hard with "make firmware_install"?

So hard that several kernel hackers wound up with non-working drivers
(read the pre-push bug reports).

Which is why 'make modules_install' installs the firmware, or at least
it did before David W pushed upstream.

That was a key build process regression fix (thanks David!).

Sorry Linus, the end change is a good idea, but you cannot hand-wave
away breakage just by calling people stupid.

Jeff