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

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Michael,

> > this should all be done in userspace and not inside the kernel.  
> > Export
> > the special device versions via struct device and stop being lazy.
>
> No. Wait. It's not exactly going to work this way.
> You're not going to break my ABI and then tell me I'm going to work  
> around
> that, right? Answer: No.
>
> b43 will use the slash in request_firmware. That is not going to  
> change.
>
> This is _exactly_ what users are so tired about. Every now and then  
> people
> decide to change some ABI.

don't give me that crap. Nobody plans to break everything just right  
now and leave people hanging in between. We will do a smooth  
transition. Your users won't even notice it.

And we change the API/ABI all the time. Get used to it.

Regards

Marcel

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