Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:24:24 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. |
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 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.
Quite frankly, I don't think it's something to reject out of hand, but it does sound pretty damn stupid.
Why compile them into the module, when that's just the _inflexible_ model?
Why not just install them with the module (perhaps in the module directory, perhaps not), and just load them?
Really. You _do_ have do to "make modules_install" or similar. That has _already_ got inter-file dependencies (ie some modules simply depend on other modules). I'm not seeing why you cannot accept change.
Linus
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