Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:54:18 +0800 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] configfs: Implement binary attributes (v3) |
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:30:32PM +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: > ConfigFS lacked binary attributes up until now. This patch > introduces support for binary attributes in a somewhat similar > manner of sysfs binary attributes albeit with changes that > fit the configfs usage model. > > Problems that configfs binary attributes fix are everything that > requires a binary blob as part of the configuration of a resource, > such as bitstream loading for FPGAs, DTBs for dynamically created > devices etc.
What's wrong with using the firmware interface for this instead?
What driver/subsystem wants to use configfs binary files? Having a user for this api is essential if you want it to be merged.
thanks,
greg k-h
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