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SubjectRe: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 12:57:46PM -0700, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 12:49 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > So kernel-specific directories do make sense. As does the whole "I
> > don't want to handle the pain that is udev scripts".
>
> I'm not violently opposed to kernel-specific directories. Ubuntu does it
> that way already, and it may well make sense. I'm not sure it's really
> necessary either, but it's an option.

Some of the wireless drivers have an issue where firmware x works with
driver y, so it's useful for that case even if nothing else uses it.

Dave

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