linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s)

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Message-Id: <1156809344.3465.41.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:55:43 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
To:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sven Luther <sven.luther@...adoo.fr>,
	debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s)

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 02:35 +0200, Oleg Verych wrote:
> request_firmware() is dead also.
> YMMV, but three years, and there are still big chunks of binary in kernel.
> And please don't add new useless info _in_ it.

I er don't think so.

We (as in the Kernel) are forcing drivers on to this path.  You should
have noticed it already with the qla2xxx.  The aic94xx is the first
driver that's likely found as the boot driver for a system, that's why I
get to propose the reference implementation.

James


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