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

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> 
> so request_firmware() is well established and works. It is used by a
> bunch of drivers at the moment.

That's not the question.

The question is whether it works with the *new* users.

Which it would apparently NOT do for everybody if we put the new drivers 
in any other place than /lib/firmware, very much including a kernel- 
specific subdirectory there.

		Linus
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