linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ip2: use request

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:21:53 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jaswinder@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip2: use request_firmware()

Alan Cox wrote:
>> There is no reason why firmware must be artificially separated into 
>> firmware/
> 
> It seems a good step towards kicking it all out of the kernel tree into
> user space where it belongs.

Why does that goal need a toplevel directory in the kernel source tree, 
one that ultimately must mirror the other hierarchies already in the tree?

It's better to have drivers/char/ip2.ihex and keep everything related to 
a single driver in one place.

Extracting the firmware:  good

Scattering a /single/ driver across multiple directories in the kernel 
tree:  bad

	Jeff



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