linux-kernel - Re: RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory

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Message-Id: <1234646010.12772.0.camel@macbook.infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:13:29 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>,
	Michael Riepe <michael.riepe@...glemail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC: install firmware in a kernel-dependent directory

On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 14:12 -0800, david@...g.hm wrote:
> are you sure? different firmware could have different interfaces for
> the kernel to use.
> 
> I don't know if this is a problem in practice (I think I've heard of 
> this), but there is no reason it couldn't be.

It would need different filenames then anyway (like sonames).

-- 
dwmw2

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