Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] firmware: add more flexible request_firmware_async function

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 08:26:35AM +0100, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> From: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> So far we got only one function for loading firmware asynchronously:
> request_firmware_nowait. It didn't allow much customization of firmware
> loading process - there is only one bool uevent argument. Moreover this
> bool also controls user helper in an unclear way.
> 
> Resolve this problem by adding a one flexible function and making old
> request_firmware_nowait a simple inline using new solution. This
> implementation:
> 1) Modifies only single bits on existing code
> 2) Doesn't require adjusting / rewriting current drivers
> 3) Adds new function for drivers that need more control over loading a
>    firmware. Thanks to using flags more features can be added later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patch is based on top of
> [PATCH V2 RESEND] firmware: simplify defining and handling FW_OPT_FALLBACK
> applied on top of Linux 4.10-rc8.
> 
> Ming/Luis/Greg: assuming this gets a positive review, could someone of you pick
> this patchset? Second patch modifies brcmfmac, I'll try to get a proper Ack for
> that one.
> Unless you want this to go through wireless tree, then let me know please.

As I noted in the v1 post, just exposing all the flags under the hood is not
enough to ensure sanity here. Additionally just flags won't cut it to make this
as flexible as we need. I've addressed this in the driver data series, so I'll
take this feature request and fold it in there.

  Luis