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SubjectRe: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers.
FromDavid Woodhouse <>
DateMon, 14 Jul 2008 22:32:10 -0700
On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 07:06 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> This is just a matter of point of view. From my POV, having to feed
> several unrelated files into a system to be able to get it to support
> any device is moving backwards, compared to the currently clean
> all-in-1 driver model.

So you disapprove of having to load mac80211.ko before your wireless NIC
driver? Or sungem_phy.ko before sungem.ko? Or libphy.ko before various
other drivers?

Or having to install /sbin/modprobe before you can load modules?

-- 
dwmw2



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