Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759239Ab1FQP4y (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:56:54 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f46.google.com ([209.85.161.46]:57464 "EHLO mail-fx0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751673Ab1FQP4u (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:56:50 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; b=chcp+7qunSvNw4YA0C3AD2JuWCeYwCreTKwA/BjsSIXvERZnumPq9O8IPH1nOWqxXw NZswp+nrE+gN3vQtJMIe0wac5jEDCvvHXVvPUHX6JaH2bhbQ4UhzOy9kBdtG++kBEq29 HdRrr4bWTt4Q8iVN3W8uLYl/q0eEhGe10O1W0= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4DFB53B3.8070806@ladisch.de> References: <20110617103218.GA29723@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <1308310831-27861-1-git-send-email-lars@metafoo.de> <4DFB53B3.8070806@ladisch.de> From: Mike Frysinger Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:56:29 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: umPXqLqOGj3keYH1vFjDwOqccKQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: Make firmware drivers generally available To: Clemens Ladisch Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen , Tony Luck , Fenghua Yu , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org, Mark Brown Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 723 Lines: 18 On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:16, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > It looks as if sigma.c doesn't actually belong into drivers/firmware. > That directory is for code that lets the kernel access the firmware > of the platform that the kernel itself runs on. -EMISSINGBETTERSUGGESTION > The request_firmware() stuff is usually part of the actual driver that > needs it. except for when the firmware format is the same across many drivers because it has a unified format (by design) -mike -- 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/