Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 10:28:21 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [REVIEW] NVM Express driver
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> Ok, I guess I must be doing support for distros that never get used :)
> 
> Have pointers to bug reports?

Not to hand it was some time ago at a previous employer and the fix we
agree ona anyway I think ?

> > You could have a standardised helper easily enough I guess. Pick a
> > standard struct and firmware descriptor and provide a
> > 
> > request_firmware_from_user(struct firmware_something __user *fw)
> > 
> > which hands back stuff in the form the rest of the firmware logic likes
> > to play and has a standard user side struct format.
> 
> Ok, patches gladly accepted :)

I'll have a look next week if I get a moment, it doesn't look hard.
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