netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 05/13] firmware_loader: enhance Kconfig documentation over FW

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Date:   Wed, 9 May 2018 16:01:09 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/13] firmware_loader: enhance Kconfig documentation
 over FW_LOADER

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 03:42:33PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:
>> > +         This used to be the default firmware loading facility, and udev used
>> > +         to listen for uvents to load firmware for the kernel. The firmware
>> > +         loading facility functionality in udev has been removed, as such it
>> > +         can no longer be relied upon as a fallback mechanism. Linux no longer
>> > +         relies on or uses a fallback mechanism in userspace. If you need to
>> > +         rely on one refer to the permissively licensed firmwared:
>>
>> Typo: firmware
>
> Thanks fixed all typos except this one, this one is meant to be firmwared as
> that is the name of the project, the url is below.
>
>>
>> > +
>> > +         https://github.com/teg/firmwared

Oh! Yes, hah. :) Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security