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

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:40:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, 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.

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:33:25 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > 
> > My complaints are about --not breaking stuff--, not request_firmware().
> 
> Guys, request_firmware() has been around for about five years now.

Jeff's not against request_firmware() in an of itself.

He's against the fact that it's not possible to build a
self-contained foo.ko module file any longer, and that
would definitely be possible with using request_firmware().
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