linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] firmware: add offset to request_firmware_into

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Message-ID: <6a810f3c-3e17-fba6-b00d-4333ffa2ecca@broadcom.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:14:17 -0800
From:   Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] firmware: add offset to request_firmware_into_buf

Hi Luis,

On 2020-02-19 5:22 p.m., Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 04:48:20PM -0800, Scott Branden wrote:
>> Add offset to request_firmware_into_buf to allow for portions
>> of firmware file to be read into a buffer.  Necessary where firmware
>> needs to be loaded in portions from file in memory constrained systems.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
> Thanks for following up Scott! However you failed to address the
> feedback last time by Takashi, so until then, this remains a blocker for
> this.
>
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/s5hwoeyj3i5.wl-tiwai@suse.de
>
>    Luis
I responded to the email query.  Hopefully this addresses your concern.

Regards,
  Scott