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Message-ID: <487CF29E.5000009@garzik.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:55:26 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, arjan@...radead.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.
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>>> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
>>>> If I were able to compile firmware into the modules, the problem would be
>>>> solved in one go.
>>> And this thread would have been shorter, even. I hope someone decides to
>>> write that support instead of complaining ;-)
>> I've volunteered -- but if Linus and David will reject my code out of hand,
>> there is not much point in writing it.
>
> Quite frankly, I don't think it's something to reject out of hand, but it
> does sound pretty damn stupid.
>
> Why compile them into the module, when that's just the _inflexible_ model?
Because it works today.
Because that is what people and their scripts expect, today.
Because people should not be forced to fix all their firmware-related
breakage immediately, just to boot 2.6.27.
> I'm not seeing why you cannot accept change.
It is highly feasible to do the change without breaking stuff and
removing choice.
Beer can be great tasting AND less filling.
Jeff
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