Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761961AbYGORon (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:44:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754063AbYGORoe (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:44:34 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:47314 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753454AbYGORoe (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:44:34 -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 , David Miller , jeff@garzik.org, arjan@infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080715173520.GA30521@1wt.eu> References: <487C09EB.1050903@garzik.org> <20080714.194032.117461306.davem@davemloft.net> <20080715045848.GG1369@1wt.eu> <20080715173520.GA30521@1wt.eu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:44:05 -0700 Message-Id: <1216143845.27455.304.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: 1069 Lines: 26 On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 19:35 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > It's not only a problem of transfer, but also a problem of selection > of what to copy overthere. This is why the MODULE_FIRMWARE() tag exists. Most scripts tend to get this right already -- they _have_ to, since modern drivers have been using request_firmware() for some time already. > Please don't compare an upgrade of a working desktop or developer > machine with an installation from scratch of a server in an > uncomfortable location. Those are two completely different things. If your setup doesn't cope with MODULE_FIRMWARE(), it's likely to break when you next deploy a new server anyway -- because your new server will have new hardware, and your new hardware will have a modern driver. And modern drivers use request_firmware() _anyway_. -- 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/