linux-kernel - Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers.

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Message-Id: <1216099930.27455.205.camel@shinybook.infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:32:10 -0700
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from
	in-kernel, use it in more drivers.

On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 07:06 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> This is just a matter of point of view. From my POV, having to feed
> several unrelated files into a system to be able to get it to support
> any device is moving backwards, compared to the currently clean
> all-in-1 driver model.

So you disapprove of having to load mac80211.ko before your wireless NIC
driver? Or sungem_phy.ko before sungem.ko? Or libphy.ko before various
other drivers?

Or having to install /sbin/modprobe before you can load modules?

-- 
dwmw2

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