Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:09:07 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 23:07 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > Whilst it would be great for unified development on the tools that > > create the early boot process, I think it's a non-starter due to the > > fact that you can't really do it without throwing out everything you > > already have today. The same reason imo, that hpa's klibc work hasn't > > gained mass-appeal from vendors. > > Quite true and IMO disappointing, because klibc would make great > infrastructure for rolling out things just like this.
Indeed, for one i've been told it would enable cross compiling of initrds, without which I deem initrd useless junk - whoever still compiles their kernel on the machine it will run on? :-)
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