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

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Message-ID: <487CEA73.9000408@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:20:35 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	david@...g.hm, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <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.

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Already addressed -- you and David seem to be ignoring the common case where
>> you may update the driver but not the kernel, making that feature far less
>> useful than it appears.
> 
> This is the "I'm too stupid to live" argument. I've already answered that. 
> What's so hard with "make firmware_install"?

So hard that several kernel hackers wound up with non-working drivers 
(read the pre-push bug reports).

Which is why 'make modules_install' installs the firmware, or at least 
it did before David W pushed upstream.

That was a key build process regression fix (thanks David!).

Sorry Linus, the end change is a good idea, but you cannot hand-wave 
away breakage just by calling people stupid.

	Jeff


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