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

From: Michael Buesch
Date: Sun May 25 2008 - 14:19:43 EST


On Sunday 25 May 2008 20:12:41 Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> So you actually do know how request_firmware() actually works right
> now? You need to change the firmware_class implementation and API to
> give it an extra parameter to allow any kind if simultaneous loading
> within one driver. Having the FIRMWARE as environment variable is
> actually suboptimal. You want to have the FIRMWARE environment
> variable as bus_id for the firmware struct device object.

Can you explain _why_ we want to have this as bus_id?
I don't really understand that.

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Greetings Michael.
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