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SubjectRe: RFC: Moving firmware blobs out of the kernel.
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> By the time the kernel summit comes around, we should have made decent
> progress on moving _all_ the firmware blobs to the firmware/ directory.
> And at that point I'd like to remove them completely, to a separate git
> tree and tarball. Those who really want to build them in to their static
> kernel would still be able to, but it wouldn't be the default behaviour.

Pretty much on line with others: I like most of what you propose
-except- having the firmwares distributed in a separate git tree. I much
prefer having them still in the main kernel, though distro can choose
not to do so more easily if they are in a separate directory.

Ben.




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