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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option
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Hi David,

>>> What if I want 2 or 3 different firmware versions installed at once?
>>> I'll have to play dirty tricks with the filenames then and put
>>> several
>>> unrelated firmware versions into one directory. That's going to be
>>> a mess.
>>
>> You add the desired feature to udev, or use symlinks. Hardly a
>> "mess".
>
> It's a bit of a pain for the in-kernel firmware loading that I'm
> working
> on now, if we can no longer count on the requested string to be the
> single match criterion.

the in-kernel firmware loading can use a total different policy on how
to match the firmware filenames and driver names to a directory/
filename.

Regards

Marcel



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