Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Linus, I reversed the order of your questions/answers to fit my answer
> better.

Nobody has actually answered the "why don't we just tie the firmware
and module together" question.

Really. If the driver doesn't work without the firmware, then why the
hell is it separated from it in the first place?

The hack is a hack, and it just sounds *stupid*.

               Linus