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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option
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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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