Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel,use it in more drivers.

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Jul 15 2008 - 14:22:36 EST




On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> Can't you see that changing build processes takes time? Fixing driver disk
> creation tools take time? Validating that each driver is packaged with its
> correct firmware takes time?

Umm. Can't you see that if we don't start doing it, it will never get done
AT ALL?

Yes, this will take time.

But that's not an argument for not merging it. Quite the reverse.

Linus
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