Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: RFC: Moving firmware blobs out of the kernel. | | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | | Date | Fri, 30 May 2008 11:22:59 +1000 | |
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> By the time the kernel summit comes around, we should have made decent
> progress on moving _all_ the firmware blobs to the firmware/ directory.
> And at that point I'd like to remove them completely, to a separate git
> tree and tarball. Those who really want to build them in to their static
> kernel would still be able to, but it wouldn't be the default behaviour.
Pretty much on line with others: I like most of what you propose
-except- having the firmwares distributed in a separate git tree. I much
prefer having them still in the main kernel, though distro can choose
not to do so more easily if they are in a separate directory.
Ben.
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