Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762426AbYGOVla (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:41:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760691AbYGOVlE (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:41:04 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:47440 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755344AbYGOVlA (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:41:00 -0400 Message-ID: <487D1961.8040705@garzik.org> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:40:49 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: david@lang.hm CC: Linus Torvalds , Marcel Holtmann , David Woodhouse , Frans Pop , arjan@infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.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. References: <1216077806.27455.85.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20080714164119.99c33d5b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080714165956.7fe2d4ee@infradead.org> <487C0365.5030203@garzik.org> <487C0365.5030203@garzik.org> <200807151757.10626.elendil@planet.nl> <1216149637.27242.65.camel@violet.holtmann.net> <1216150616.27455.377.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <1216151640.27242.90.camel@violet.holtmann.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.5 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 693 Lines: 23 david@lang.hm wrote: > he's not saying not to seperate the firmware at all, he's asking for the > _option_ of compiling a kernel that doesn't have the firmware seperate > from the modules. > > a kernel compiled with this option would just drop-in to an older distro > with zero impact. newer distros that have updated their userspace tools > could compile with different options and have the firmware seperate. Correct. Thanks :) Jeff -- 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/