Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756485Ab1FUAfM (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:35:12 -0400 Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com ([80.75.67.52]:54316 "EHLO opensource2.wolfsonmicro.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755808Ab1FUAfK (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:35:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:35:08 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Mike Frysinger Cc: Clemens Ladisch , 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: Make firmware drivers generally available Message-ID: <20110621003507.GG1905@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> References: <20110617103218.GA29723@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <1308310831-27861-1-git-send-email-lars@metafoo.de> <4DFB53B3.8070806@ladisch.de> <4DFB98EE.9000609@ladisch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Cookie: You are magnetic in your bearing. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 919 Lines: 19 On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 02:25:21PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 14:11, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > "drivers/firmware" is the obvious name for both, but that makes > > it ambiguous. ?I'd suggest to split the two subsystems into > > "drivers/host-firmware" and "drivers/device-firmware". > i honestly dont see how this is better. the drivers/firmware/ isnt > exactly overflowing, and differentiating between the two modes doesnt > seem to gain us anything. Do we have anything like an actual subsystem in firmware? If we do and it's sensible to do things that affect all firmwares then splitting seems reasonable but if not then it's less clear. -- 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/