linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] firmware loader: allow disabling of udev as firmware loader

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Date:	Fri, 6 Jun 2014 08:22:40 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
Cc:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Stefan Roese <sr@...x.de>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Abhay Salunke <Abhay_Salunke@...l.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay@...y.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] firmware loader: allow disabling of udev as firmware
 loader

On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 04:15:03PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> How about:
> 
> "If you rely on a customized udev (or other userspace tool) to load
> firmware from a non-standard path, say Y. Otherwise, say N. If your
> udev version does not support firmware loading (which is currently the
> upstream default), you must say N."

Like anyone ever reads help entries for config options...

"customized udev"?  What does that mean?

This is all bikeshedding, right?

greg k-h
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