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Date:   Sat, 12 Aug 2023 19:11:33 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@quicinc.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] soc: qcom: aoss: Add debugfs interface for
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> As mentioned in the cover letter, I do recognize your concern here. I
> don't see it as a realistic way to work around the kernel for reasons of
> being proprietary - given that we don't have debugfs mounted in the vast
> majority of product.

Look around. How many drivers do you see which allow passing binary
blobs to firmware?

      Andrew