Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:55:26 -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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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > 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?
Because it works today.
Because that is what people and their scripts expect, today.
Because people should not be forced to fix all their firmware-related breakage immediately, just to boot 2.6.27.
> I'm not seeing why you cannot accept change.
It is highly feasible to do the change without breaking stuff and removing choice.
Beer can be great tasting AND less filling.
Jeff
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