Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:14:47 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. |
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Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Frans Pop wrote: >> If I were able to compile firmware into the modules, the problem would be >> solved in one go. > > And this thread would have been shorter, even. I hope someone decides to > write that support instead of complaining ;-)
I've volunteered -- but if Linus and David will reject my code out of hand, there is not much point in writing it.
>> [2] As one of the developers for Debian Installer I'm not looking forward >> to the complications that is going to cause for us and users. > > That was my point. These firmware loading changes are good, but there is a > lot of crap missing (most of it NOT in the kernel) before it can be exposed > to ordinary users.
100% agreed.
That's the point I've been trying to make all along.
The end goal is good, but it's not at all ready for normal users.
> And without firmware-in-the-module support (which is the ONLY scenario where > the entire userspace will not notice anything different), this WILL cause > problem to distros, we will need to scramble up and fix it all before we can > package 2.6.26. I don't know if this is a big problem, though. The work > will need to be done sooner or later anyway, and we should have enough time > to do so as long as we don't care for packaging the early -rc.
Agreed.
Jeff
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