linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN

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Date:	Sun, 25 May 2008 20:53:31 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Abhay Salunke <Abhay_Salunke@...l.com>, kay.sievers@...y.org,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option

> And again the grouping into subdirectories should have been fixed in  
> userspace by reading the driver name. The kernel should not do this at  
> all.

The kernel should carry on doing what it does at the moment. The amount
of gain from semi-pointless screwing about with the namespace and
compatibility is vastly less than the gain from leaving things in their
current perfectly happy and adequate form.

Alan
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