Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763001AbYGOT3T (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:29:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755675AbYGOT3J (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:29:09 -0400 Received: from smtp02.uc3m.es ([163.117.176.132]:55748 "EHLO smtp02.uc3m.es" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755187AbYGOT3I (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:29:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:29:04 +0200 Message-Id: <200807151929.m6FJT4W14807@inv.it.uc3m.es> From: "Peter T. Breuer" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. X-Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel In-Reply-To: User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.15 (i686)) X-imss-version: 2.051 X-imss-result: Passed X-imss-scanInfo: M:B L:E SM:2 X-imss-tmaseResult: TT:1 TS:-8.8770 TC:1F TRN:20 TV:5.5.1026(16034.000) X-imss-scores: Clean:100.00000 C:0 M:0 S:0 R:0 X-imss-settings: Baseline:1 C:1 M:1 S:1 R:1 (0.0000 0.0000) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 769 Lines: 20 In article Linus wrote: > Why not just install them with the module (perhaps in the module > directory, perhaps not), and just load them? I also don't get why one can't put them in a module wrapper in some OTHER dir as __init__ fwFOO = something_huge_made_from_a_string ; EXPORT_SYMBOL(fwFOO); and have the real driver module just reference fwFOO in its init sequence. Modprobe can deal with where to look for it. No kernel source need be tainted. Peter -- 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/