Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Mon, 26 May 2008 14:09:12 -0300 |
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On May 26, 2008, Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> wrote:
> On Monday 26 May 2008 05:13:18 Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> On May 25, 2008, Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> wrote: >> >> > One additional thing is to make sure the usability of the whole stuff >> > is not reduded. >> >> Removing support for slashes wouldn't reduce usability. It would be >> no more than silly policy (and ego?) enforcement.
> I the other mail you say that the string is _not_ a filename.
I do, and I stand by that claim, that is not backed by documentation, but rather by peeking at the implementation.
> So why do we want to remove the slash from the allowed charset, if > the string is not a filename?
Exactly my point. I don't know any reason to do that. It appears to be just silly policy (and ego) enforcement.
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