Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:32:08 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: David Lang <dlang@digitalinsight.com>
Cc: Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz>,
       James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>,
       Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s)
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On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:46:45AM -0700, David Lang wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> >I think the current way we handle firmware works quite well, especially
> >given the wide range of different devices that it works for (everything
> >from BIOS upgrades to different wireless driver stages).
> 
> the current system works for many people yes, but not everyone.
> 
> I'm still waiting to find a way to get the iw2200 working without having to 
> use modules.

Sounds like a bug you need to pester the iw2200 developers about then.
I don't think it has much to do with the firmware subsystem though :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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