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

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Message-ID: <487D13F3.7020304@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:17:39 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, arjan@...radead.org,
	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.

Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> And as David mentioned multiple times, he left drivers/{net,scsi} out of
> it for now.

True, but we obviously must consider them -- and booting-related 
implications -- since that is the obvious direction everybody is headed 
towards.

	Jeff


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