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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:33:52 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, jeff@...zik.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dwmw2@...radead.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, 15 Jul 2008 18:36:56 +0200 Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> wrote: > On Tuesday 15 July 2008, you wrote: > > > You release 2.6.27-rc2 and I build it. Ouch! It fails to install, > > > at least if I want to install it _alongside_ 2.6.27-rc1 or other > > > kernels (which I do!). Why does it fail? Because dpkg's package > > > management does not allow one package to overwrite files already > > > "owned" by another package. > > > > question: how do you deal with this with the dozens of drivers that > > use request_firmware() even before yesterday ? > > the answer is critical in how to deal with this "new" situation as > > well ;-) > > For Debian packages that's in the part of the mail you snipped. > > The simple answer for my current use of dep-pkg is: I don't _have_ > any hardware that requires firmware that's split out with current > kernels. ... and do you have any with current -git ? -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@...ux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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