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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:25:21 -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 14:11, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: >> 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 > > I *knew* somebody would ask. :) > > "drivers/firmware" is the obvious name for both, but that makes > it ambiguous. I'd suggest to split the two subsystems into > "drivers/host-firmware" and "drivers/device-firmware". i honestly dont see how this is better. the drivers/firmware/ isnt exactly overflowing, and differentiating between the two modes doesnt seem to gain us anything. -mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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