Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:32:10 -0700 |
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On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 07:06 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > This is just a matter of point of view. From my POV, having to feed > several unrelated files into a system to be able to get it to support > any device is moving backwards, compared to the currently clean > all-in-1 driver model.
So you disapprove of having to load mac80211.ko before your wireless NIC driver? Or sungem_phy.ko before sungem.ko? Or libphy.ko before various other drivers?
Or having to install /sbin/modprobe before you can load modules?
-- dwmw2
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