Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:15:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
cc: jeff@garzik.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.
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On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
> 
> So, how is this solved by Debian for already existing firmware packages? 
> Basically by making a separate package for each firmware file (or 
> driver). This works because there are not too many of them, but having a 
> huge number of tiny packages is a nightmare by itself.

Why don't you just take the kernel-supplied firmware and make it part of 
the kernel package? The same way the kernel-supplied modules are part of 
it?

You're sounding like

  "Mommy, mommy, it hurts when I repeatedly hit my head against the wall 
   and stick forks in my eyes!"

and quite frankly, it doesn't make me go "Oh, poor baby" at all.

			Linus
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