Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f42.google.com ([74.125.82.42]:38674 "EHLO mail-wm0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757371AbcHCLmU (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2016 07:42:20 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f42.google.com with SMTP id o80so331957132wme.1 for ; Wed, 03 Aug 2016 04:41:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [RFC] ath10k: silence firmware file probing warnings To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , "Valo, Kalle" References: <1468933237-5226-1-git-send-email-michal.kazior@tieto.com> <20160721070938.GA2658@redhat.com> <20160721080541.GB2658@redhat.com> <5790A28F.8030102@redhat.com> <20160721115122.GA31869@redhat.com> <20160722102559.GA2662@redhat.com> <20160722221523.GM5537@wotan.suse.de> <874m738m02.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <20160802141610.GJ3296@wotan.suse.de> Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka , Prarit Bhargava , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ming Lei , linux-wireless , ath10k , "mmarek@suse.com" , "michal.kazior@tieto.com" , Arend van Spriel , Emmanuel Grumbach From: Arend van Spriel Message-ID: (sfid-20160803_134225_257664_F85CDB81) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 13:33:31 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160802141610.GJ3296@wotan.suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02-08-16 16:16, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 11:10:22AM +0000, Valo, Kalle wrote: >> "Luis R. Rodriguez" writes: >> >>> I was considering this as a future extension to the firmware API >>> through the new extensible firmware API, the sysdata API. >> >> I think Linus mentioned this already, but I want to reiterate anyway. >> The name "sysdata" is horrible, I didn't have any idea what it means >> until I read your description. Please continue to use the term >> "firmware", anyone already know what it means. > > We've gone well past using the firmware API for firmware though, if > we use it for 802.11 to replace CRDA for instance its really odd to > be calling it firmware. But sure... I will rebrand again to firmware... I tend to agree. Although some people even call an OpenWrt image firmware. Guess it is just in the eye of the beholder. Regards, Arend