Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied fromin-kernel, use it in more drivers.

[David Miller]

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:33:25 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > 
> > My complaints are about --not breaking stuff--, not request_firmware().
> 
> Guys, request_firmware() has been around for about five years now.

Jeff's not against request_firmware() in an of itself.

He's against the fact that it's not possible to build a
self-contained foo.ko module file any longer, and that
would definitely be possible with using request_firmware().
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/