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

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:09:07 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, david@...g.hm,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.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.

On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 23:07 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Dave Jones wrote:
> > Whilst it would be great for unified development on the tools that
> > create the early boot process, I think it's a non-starter due to the
> > fact that you can't really do it without throwing out everything you
> > already have today.  The same reason imo, that hpa's klibc work hasn't
> > gained mass-appeal from vendors.
> 
> Quite true and IMO disappointing, because klibc would make great 
> infrastructure for rolling out things just like this.

Indeed, for one i've been told it would enable cross compiling of
initrds, without which I deem initrd useless junk - whoever still
compiles their kernel on the machine it will run on? :-)



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