Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:54:45 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:41:19 -0700 > Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:23:26 -0700 >> David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote: >> >>> Linus, please pull from the for-2.6.27 branch of: >>> git://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/firmware-2.6.git >>> for-2.6.27 >> The firmware flamewars seem to have subsided lately. Is everyone >> happy with this now? >> > > this seems to have left the contentious pieces out....
Correction: It seems to have completely ignored contentious issues, which is not the same thing.
It -removes- the ability to build firmware into the kernel module -- a currently deployed, highly reliable configuration.
I'm not surprised that fact was snipped in David's submission -- wouldn't want to mention that you are unconditionally replacing a reliable method of firmware loading with a less reliable one.
Building the firmware into the kernel is far less useful than it appears: often users lack the ability to maintain their own vmlinuz kernel image build, but do build updated drivers. e.g. driver disks for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
IMO the newly added /inability/ to build firmware into kernel modules is a clear regression.
Jeff
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