Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761033AbYGOBwS (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:52:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754523AbYGOBwJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:52:09 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:45061 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754505AbYGOBwI (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:52:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:52:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080714.185207.203328391.davem@davemloft.net> To: david@lang.hm Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, arjan@infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, dwmw2@infradead.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 555 Lines: 15 From: david@lang.hm Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:51:37 -0700 (PDT) > I agree with this, but the proponents of the seperate firmware are listing > the fact that the firmware doesn't tie up ram as one of the big reasons > for making the change. Exactly. Otherwise these firmware changes are utterly pointless. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/