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 15:42:32 -0700
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tytso@....edu,
	david@...g.hm, 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 14:47 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:24:21 -0700
> 
> > Kernel 2.6.15 with ancient userland. You update to 2.6.16, which
> > includes commit 5433383e ('convert qla2xxx to request_firmware()').
> > 
> > Same problem?
> 
> For the record I did get burnt by that one and I did make a huge stink
> about it.
> 
> I used to be able to avoid initrd entirely on every single one of my
> boxes, even my machines with qla2xxx based root filesystems, and that
> changeset basically meant the end of that.

Until now. The only significant _generic_ change that just went into
Linus' kernel is the fact that you can now build that firmware _into_
your kernel, and you can boot qla2xxx without an initrd again.

HTH.

-- 
dwmw2

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