Re: [PATCH 2/2] firmware loader: introduce kernel parameter tocustomize fw search path

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:49:53AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> This patch introduces one kernel parameter of 'fw_path' to support
> customizing firmware image search path, so that people can use its
> own firmware path if the default built-in paths can't meet their demand[1].
> 
> [1], https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/11/337
> 
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ick, no, not another kernel boot parameter.  I would prefer the /proc/
file solution instead, just like /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug is.

But, that really wouldn't work for boot time, so, again just like
hotplug works, make it also a Kconfig option for those distros that
build their own kernels and keep their firmware in odd places, or don't
have a /lib/ directory, can override it easily.

thanks,

greg k-h
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