Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:21:51 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: jt@hpl.hp.com
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: request_firmware() hotplug interface, third round.
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On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 11:49:20AM -0700, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> 
> Many high level kernel developpers (Jeff, Alan, Greg) have said 'niet'
> to binary firmware linked with the kernel (unless there is source code
> available).

Excuse me, but I never said such a thing.  I don't mind putting firmware
blobs into kernel drivers, been doing it for years :)

I just stated that _if_ we want to move firmware to userspace, why not
have a consistant interface that all kinds of drivers can use to
accomplish this.  That is what has been done with this code.

thanks,

greg k-h
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