Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi David,

> > > What if I want 2 or 3 different firmware versions installed at once?
> > > I'll have to play dirty tricks with the filenames then and put  
> > > several
> > > unrelated firmware versions into one directory. That's going to be  
> > > a mess.
> >
> > You add the desired feature to udev, or use symlinks. Hardly a  
> > "mess".
>
> It's a bit of a pain for the in-kernel firmware loading that I'm  
> working
> on now, if we can no longer count on the requested string to be the
> single match criterion.

the in-kernel firmware loading can use a total different policy on how  
to match the firmware filenames and driver names to a directory/ 
filename.

Regards

Marcel

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