Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 18:10:01 +0100
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: Pali =?iso-8859-1?Q?Roh=E1r?= <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
        Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        David Gnedt <david.gnedt@davizone.at>,
        Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>,
        Daniel Wagner <wagi@monom.org>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>,
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        Ivaylo Dimitrov <ivo.g.dimitrov.75@gmail.com>,
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        Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@gmail.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
        netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] wl1251: Use request_firmware_prefer_user() for
 loading NVS calibration data
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 02:11:46PM +0100, Pali Roh?r wrote:
> So there are only two options:
> 
> 1) Disallow it and so these users will have non-working wifi.
> 
> 2) Allow those data to be used as fallback mechanism.

There is one "custom fallback" user in kernel which we recently
determined was a total mistake. A sysfs interface should have
been defined to enable custom LED settings. Can't a series of
sysfs interfaces be used to enable override ? So is that not a
third option worth consideration?

  Luis