Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759260AbYGOFcf (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:32:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753580AbYGOFc1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:32:27 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:49441 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753149AbYGOFc0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:32:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. From: David Woodhouse To: Willy Tarreau Cc: Linus Torvalds , Jeff Garzik , Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080715050654.GH1369@1wt.eu> 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> <487C1648.5070409@garzik.org> <20080715050654.GH1369@1wt.eu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:32:10 -0700 Message-Id: <1216099930.27455.205.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: 772 Lines: 20 On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 07:06 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > This is just a matter of point of view. From my POV, having to feed > several unrelated files into a system to be able to get it to support > any device is moving backwards, compared to the currently clean > all-in-1 driver model. So you disapprove of having to load mac80211.ko before your wireless NIC driver? Or sungem_phy.ko before sungem.ko? Or libphy.ko before various other drivers? Or having to install /sbin/modprobe before you can load modules? -- 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/