Messages in this thread | | | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option | Date | Sun, 25 May 2008 20:15:13 +0200 |
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Hi Michael,
>> this should all be done in userspace and not inside the kernel. >> Export >> the special device versions via struct device and stop being lazy. > > No. Wait. It's not exactly going to work this way. > You're not going to break my ABI and then tell me I'm going to work > around > that, right? Answer: No. > > b43 will use the slash in request_firmware. That is not going to > change. > > This is _exactly_ what users are so tired about. Every now and then > people > decide to change some ABI.
don't give me that crap. Nobody plans to break everything just right now and leave people hanging in between. We will do a smooth transition. Your users won't even notice it.
And we change the API/ABI all the time. Get used to it.
Regards
Marcel
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