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

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> This is the "I'm too stupid to live" argument. I've already answered that. 
> What's so hard with "make firmware_install"?

Btw, that is by no means the only way to handle it either. As I said in 
other emails - about trying to find _productive_ questions to answer - 
maybe we could also just install it in the modules directory or some 
similar per-kernel location, and just teach request_firmware() to load 
binary blobs directly.

Then - horror of horrors - we could even make "make modules_install" do 
things like that automatically for you with some Makefile rule trickery.

See? There are _productive_ things you can do or ask others to do.

But singing the same "I'm so stupid that I cannot install the firmware" 
song over and over again doesn't make me think you are worth listening to.

			Linus
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