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

From: Johannes Berg
Date: Mon May 26 2008 - 04:54:21 EST



> Again, I don't plan to break any setup. I actually do think it is a
> good idea to group firmware files in subdirectories in /lib/firmware,
> but this subdirectory name doesn't belong in the kernel.
>
> We will update udev to read the driver name and look into /lib/
> firmware/<driver>/<filename> and /lib/firmware/<filename> for the
> firmware file.

Clearly, you haven't understood the point. It is *NOT* (REPEAT: NOT)
about having the driver name in the firmware key.

johannes

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