Re: [PATCH] ip2: use request_firmware()

From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Mon Jun 16 2008 - 16:05:57 EST


Jeff Garzik wrote:
Except for the part where the firmware is pointlessly separated from the driver.

...in the kernel source tree, I mean.

No objection to extracting the firmware from the driver.

Driver maintenance will be more of a pain if we have most of a driver <here> in the tree, except for that one crucial piece hiding over <there>.

There is no reason why firmware must be artificially separated into firmware/

Jeff



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