linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/6] firmware: dynamic firmware id allocation

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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2009 19:40:12 +0200
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartmann <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] firmware: dynamic firmware id allocation

Hi Greg,

This 6 patches patch set allows for a removal of the firmware name length
restriction from the firmware class API.
Currently we're limited to 30 characters for firmware names because of a
statically allocated 30 bytes string in the firmware class code. We also want
to remove the FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX definition to prevent future drivers from
referencing it.

Patch #1 removes that restriction by dynamically allocating the firmware id.
Patches #2,3,4,5 remove all FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX references from the kernel code.
Patch #6 gets rid of the FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX definition, and should be applied
only once all previous patches from this patch set are applied.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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