linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: slicoss-use request

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Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:38:15 +0200
From:	Lior Dotan <liodot@...il.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christopher Harrer <charrer@...critech.com>,
	'Mook' <mmiles@...critech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: slicoss-use request_firmware

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: slicoss-use request_firmware
From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To: Lior Dotan <liodot@...il.com>
CC: gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christopher Harrer 
<charrer@...critech.com>, 'Mook' <mmiles@...critech.com>
Date: 01/21/2009 07:11 PM

> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 03:12:51PM +0200, Lior Dotan wrote:
>> This patch uses request_firmware() to download the firmware to the card.
>> It seems that some of my previous patches (including an earlier and not 
>> working version of this)
>> are missing from your tree so they are also included here again.
>> This code is more compact than the original as it reads all the meta data 
>> from the firmware
>> file instead of having it hard coded.
>> In addition some 32/64 bit dependent code was removed.
>> I was able to test it on an actual board and verify that it indeed works.
>> If this patch is accepted, I can send a patch to remove the static firmware 
>> from the tree.
> 
> Hm, this doesn't apply against the latest tree at all.  Care to split
> this up into the different patches which would make it easier for me to
> apply?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

It didn't apply because it includec some patches that are already and it 
also missed some patches, so basically it gotten too old and didn't age 
well.
This new patch applies to the latest Linus' git tree.

Signed-off-by: Lior Dotan <liodot@...il.com>

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