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

From: Michael Buesch
Date: Sun May 25 2008 - 15:22:30 EST


On Sunday 25 May 2008 21:03:56 Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > How are you going to handle multiple versions of the firmware for
> > one driver?
> > How does one switch between versions (changing config files is not
> > acceptable)?
>
> that is your point of view. Why is changing a config file not
> acceptable?

Because I need to change between different versions of firmware
every few minutes while developing on firmware level.
Besides that the driver must be allowed to tell whether it wants to
have one or the other version of the firmware (see my previous mail).
So this must not be a userspace-only policy.

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Greetings Michael.
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