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 21:10:59 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <oliva@....ic.unicamp.br>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <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 Jul 15, 2008, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 07:06 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
>> This is just a matter of point of view. From my POV, having to feed
>> several unrelated files into a system to be able to get it to support
>> any device is moving backwards, compared to the currently clean
>> all-in-1 driver model.

> So you disapprove of having to load mac80211.ko before your wireless NIC
> driver? Or sungem_phy.ko before sungem.ko? Or libphy.ko before various
> other drivers?

Hey, how about a config option that turns firwmare files into
stand-alone kernel modules that register the blob into the
request_firmware internal list, and MODULE_FIRMWARE into a module
dependency?

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