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

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Message-Id: <200805252053.36854.mb@bu3sch.de>
Date:	Sun, 25 May 2008 20:53:36 +0200
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	aoliva@...hat.com, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	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

On Sunday 25 May 2008 20:46:00 Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> we can change these things. We do it all the time.

Doing something stupid all the time is not that of a good idea.

> Again, I don't plan to break any setup. I actually do think it is a  
> good idea to group firmware files in subdirectories in /lib/firmware,  
> but this subdirectory name doesn't belong in the kernel.
> 
> We will update udev to read the driver name and look into /lib/ 
> firmware/<driver>/<filename> and /lib/firmware/<filename> for the  
> firmware file.
> 
> Then we will set a date and note it in the future remove document.  
> Something like 12 month after an updated udev has been released. This  
> gives the distribution two generations time to update udev and kernel  
> packages.

How are you going to handle multiple versions of the firmware for one driver?
How does one switch between versions (changing config files is not acceptable)?

-- 
Greetings Michael.
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