linux-kernel - Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers.

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:21:20 -0700
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	david@...g.hm, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, jeff@...zik.org,
	arjan@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from
	in-kernel, use it in more drivers.

On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 09:01 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> (I don't think we have source for more than one or two cases).

We don't. As part of the cleanup I've been trying to document what we
know about the origins of the firmware, in the firmware/WHENCE file. 
Unfortunately, mostly that's just "unknown".

We have managed to dig out the original source for one or two hex arrays
though.

-- 
dwmw2

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