Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com ([209.85.212.171]:34271 "EHLO mail-wi0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754444Ab3ALXJr (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:09:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1358030383-15609-1-git-send-email-xose.vazquez@gmail.com> References: <1358030383-15609-1-git-send-email-xose.vazquez@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:09:46 +0100 Message-ID: (sfid-20130113_001011_914994_B6935D79) Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-firmware: add MISSING file From: richard -rw- weinberger To: Xose Vazquez Perez Cc: Daniel Drake , Ulrich Kunitz , David Woodhouse , Ben Hutchings , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: > to document the reason why a firmware is not present > > Cc: Daniel Drake > Cc: Ulrich Kunitz > Cc: David Woodhouse > Cc: Ben Hutchings > Cc: > Cc: > Signed-off-by: Xose Vazquez Perez > --- > MISSING | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 MISSING > > diff --git a/MISSING b/MISSING > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..f228099 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/MISSING > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ > + *********** > + * MISSING * > + *********** > + > +This file attempts to document the reason why a firmware is not present > +in this bundle. >From the user's point of view this not really helpful. Wouldn't a in-kernel table of known but missing firmware files make more sense? The kernel could write a log like "Yeah, I know this firmware but sadly I don't have it because of ..." -- Thanks, //richard