linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: make sure builtin firmware is page alignment

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Date:   Fri, 3 Aug 2018 07:39:48 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Zhang Ning <ning.a.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:     kstewart@...uxfoundation.org, pombredanne@...b.com,
        yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com, markus@...ppelsdorf.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ting <ting.li@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: make sure builtin firmware is page alignment

On Fri, Aug 03, 2018 at 09:45:21AM +0800, Zhang Ning wrote:
> when firmware is in filesystem, request_firmware will load it,
> and copy it to vmalloc memory, that is page align memory.
> 
> but when firmware is builtin, it is 8 bytes or 4 bytes alignment.
> 
> make sure builtin firmware is page algnment, that can simplify algorithm
> to handle firmware.

How is it simplified?  I don't see any such change like that here :(