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 | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:44:05 -0700 |
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On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 19:35 +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > It's not only a problem of transfer, but also a problem of selection > of what to copy overthere.
This is why the MODULE_FIRMWARE() tag exists.
Most scripts tend to get this right already -- they _have_ to, since modern drivers have been using request_firmware() for some time already.
> Please don't compare an upgrade of a working desktop or developer > machine with an installation from scratch of a server in an > uncomfortable location. Those are two completely different things.
If your setup doesn't cope with MODULE_FIRMWARE(), it's likely to break when you next deploy a new server anyway -- because your new server will have new hardware, and your new hardware will have a modern driver. And modern drivers use request_firmware() _anyway_.
-- dwmw2
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