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

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Message-Id: <D388B096-F1D8-4A96-B400-EC5C28021FAD@holtmann.org>
Date:	Sun, 25 May 2008 20:07:38 +0200
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	aoliva@...hat.com, Abhay Salunke <Abhay_Salunke@...l.com>,
	kay.sievers@...y.org, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option

Hi David,

>>> What if I want 2 or 3 different firmware versions installed at once?
>>> I'll have to play dirty tricks with the filenames then and put  
>>> several
>>> unrelated firmware versions into one directory. That's going to be  
>>> a mess.
>>
>> You add the desired feature to udev, or use symlinks. Hardly a  
>> "mess".
>
> It's a bit of a pain for the in-kernel firmware loading that I'm  
> working
> on now, if we can no longer count on the requested string to be the
> single match criterion.

the in-kernel firmware loading can use a total different policy on how  
to match the firmware filenames and driver names to a directory/ 
filename.

Regards

Marcel

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