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

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Message-ID: <20080716000038.GB17417@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:00:38 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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.

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:46:33PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
 > Dave Jones wrote:
 > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 04:55:45PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
 > > 
 > >  > No, I spelled out a list of projects, what would break, and how it would 
 > >  > break.
 > >  > 
 > >  > Again,
 > >  > 
 > >  > * Red Hat driver disks.  The build process is unaware of the need to 
 > >  > bundle firmware.  Any use with Fedora (or, later, RHEL) will result in a 
 > >  > non-working driver, for the simple reason that firmware is not copied 
 > >  > onto the image.
 > > 
 > > For old RHEL - they won't support 2.6.27, so moot.
 > > For next-gen RHEL - they need fixing anyway.
 > > For Fedora, they don't (and hopefully won't) exist.
 > 
 > Grin,
 > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/sn-bootoptions-hardware.html

I don't think any of this stuff has ever been actually used in a Fedora context.
We certainly haven't released any official ones ttbomk.

 > Or DKMS, which should package firmware:
 > http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml

Not quite the same thing as a driver disk, but I'll humour you..
That handles MODULE_FIRMWARE fine afaik.  Though again, this doesn't see much
actual use in a Fedora context.

	Dave

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