From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paulius Zaleckas Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver. Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:37:17 +0300 Message-ID: <4CA5E40D.4080507@gmail.com> References: <20100928171026.GB6083@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net, mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, jglasgow@google.com, msb@google.com, olofj@google.com To: Elly Jones Return-path: Received: from darkstar.wilibox.com ([195.14.175.138]:53156 "EHLO darkstar.wilibox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756274Ab0JANhV (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:37:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100928171026.GB6083@google.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 09/28/2010 08:10 PM, Elly Jones wrote: > From: Elizabeth Jones > > This driver is a rewrite of the original Qualcomm GPL driver, released as part > of Qualcomm's "Code Aurora" initiative. The driver has been transformed into > Linux kernel style and made to use kernel APIs where appropriate; some bugs have > also been fixed. Note that the device in question requires firmware and a > firmware loader; the latter has been written by mjg (see > http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/gobi_loader/). Why not use already existing in kernel firmware upload API? > Signed-Off-By: Elizabeth Jones > Signed-Off-By: Jason Glasgow