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Message-ID: <YZUceupQe67KYJyf@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:15:06 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@...el.com>
Cc:     sudeep.holla@....com, cristian.marussi@....com, ardb@...nel.org,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        trix@...hat.com, lgoncalv@...hat.com, yilun.xu@...el.com,
        hao.wu@...el.com, matthew.gerlach@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] firmware: Create firmware upload framework

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 05:13:41PM -0800, Russ Weight wrote:
> The Firmware Upload class driver provides a common API for uploading
> firmware files to devices.

That is exactly what the existing firmware api in the kernel is supposed
to be accomplishing.

If it is not doing what you need it to do, then you need to document the
heck out of why it is not, and why you need a different api for this.  I
do not see that here in this changelog at all :(

thanks,

greg k-h

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