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

[Jeff Garzik]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Already addressed -- you and David seem to be ignoring the common case where
> > you may update the driver but not the kernel, making that feature far less
> > useful than it appears.
>
> This is the "I'm too stupid to live" argument. I've already answered that. 
> What's so hard with "make firmware_install"?

So hard that several kernel hackers wound up with non-working drivers 
(read the pre-push bug reports).

Which is why 'make modules_install' installs the firmware, or at least 
it did before David W pushed upstream.

That was a key build process regression fix (thanks David!).

Sorry Linus, the end change is a good idea, but you cannot hand-wave 
away breakage just by calling people stupid.

	Jeff


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