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

[Jeff Garzik]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
> > Where did you get this strange notion that mkinitrd is the _only_ (your 
> > emphasis) thing people use?
>
> Heh. Maybe from the fact that I don't personally use modules or initrd at 
> all, and have no interest in doing so ;)
>
> Ok, so people use other things. Grr. I guess we can't just require updated 
> tools, because we don't know what the tools are.

Yes, that's part of the problem :/

Everybody seems to love rolling their own stuff in this area, partly 
necessitated I suppose by the wide variety of ways to boot on various 
platforms.

	Jeff




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