Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:24:58 -0700 (PDT) | From | david@lang ... | 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, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 22:00 +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote: >> I really think we should use /lib/firmware/`uname -r`/. I do see the >> point here that I don't wanna overwrite existing firmware from other >> installed kernels. Especially if modules_install will install the >> firmware files. >> >> So in case of non-Ubuntu distros we have to push a fix to udev, but that >> is not a big deal. It should be a one-line change if I am not mistaken. > > My concern with that is that even though it's a one-line change, it's a > one-line change which people don't already _have_. We really do need to > remain compatible with existing setups.
when I read this I had to double check who the mail was from. this sounds like exactly the statement that Jeff has been making in his arguments to allow for the firmware-in-the-modules approach.
David Lang
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