linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: Make firmware drivers generally available

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Message-ID: <BANLkTimWfT_LSLX36oLcSSYNqi4buBiJUQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:56:29 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
To:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
Cc:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: Make firmware drivers generally available

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:16, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> It looks as if sigma.c doesn't actually belong into drivers/firmware.
> That directory is for code that lets the kernel access the firmware
> of the platform that the kernel itself runs on.

-EMISSINGBETTERSUGGESTION

> The request_firmware() stuff is usually part of the actual driver that
> needs it.

except for when the firmware format is the same across many drivers
because it has a unified format (by design)
-mike
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