Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762325AbYGOCtV (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:49:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755547AbYGOCtG (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:49:06 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:48722 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755495AbYGOCtD (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:49:03 -0400 Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. From: David Woodhouse To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linus Torvalds , Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <487C09EB.1050903@garzik.org> References: <1216077806.27455.85.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20080714164119.99c33d5b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080714165956.7fe2d4ee@infradead.org> <487C0365.5030203@garzik.org> <487C09EB.1050903@garzik.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:48:32 -0700 Message-Id: <1216090112.27455.173.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.2 (2.22.2-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1241 Lines: 30 On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 22:22 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > You have to look at the build process, second stage image builders, > embedded system image creators, and other "hangers on" that do not look > and behave like a mainstream Linux distro. > > It is a mistake to assume that all systems are _already_ prepared to > install and digest new /lib/firmware files that the kernel build now > spits out. I didn't just assume it. I checked the major distributions -- and they _do_ check the MODULE_FIRMWARE() tags in the modules they include, and include the corresponding firmware. The firmware loader has been around for a _long_ time now, and they've had to support this for almost as long. Yes, there are occasional bugs -- and I'm sure there _are_ some minor distributions or 'image creators' out there which still don't cope. But that isn't a new problem -- and it's certainly not _caused_ by us updating a small handful of the older drivers to match what modern drivers do. -- dwmw2 -- 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/