Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:26:25 -0700 |
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On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 15:24 -0700, david@lang.hm wrote: > > > Why is it suddenly so important that a kernel be 'zero impact' for that > > module case, when it's never been zero impact for that case before? You > > had to rewrite the initrd to begin with, but now you're not willing to do > > it again, just because you have to rewrite it slightly _differently_? > > becouse the tools that wrote the initrd already put the modules in. I > don't maintain those tools, they came with the distro. we're just asking > to not require those tools to be updated immediatly.
The tools that write the initrd already put the firmware in too.
-- dwmw2
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