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

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Message-ID: <orprr9uh53.fsf@oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 14:09:12 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	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 May 26, 2008, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de> wrote:

> On Monday 26 May 2008 05:13:18 Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> On May 25, 2008, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de> wrote:
>> 
>> > One additional thing is to make sure the usability of the whole stuff
>> > is not reduded.
>> 
>> Removing support for slashes wouldn't reduce usability.  It would be
>> no more than silly policy (and ego?) enforcement.

> I the other mail you say that the string is _not_ a filename.

I do, and I stand by that claim, that is not backed by documentation,
but rather by peeking at the implementation.

> So why do we want to remove the slash from the allowed charset, if
> the string is not a filename?

Exactly my point.  I don't know any reason to do that.  It appears to
be just silly policy (and ego) enforcement.

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