Re: [PATCH] firmware: Allow release-specific firmware dir

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
> 
> Just keep on ignoring current issues.

Aren't _you_ the one who are ignoring current issues?

The fact is, _currently_ everybody looks in /lib/firmware. The fact is, 
most people don't want millions of copies of the firmware (one copy for 
each kernel they compile - think about those of us who compile kernels 
every day).

I actually like a release-specific firmware directory, but I think it's 
the *vendor* kernel that should do it, not the normal kernel. The _vendor_ 
should put its firmware files in some vendor-specific place, and then add 
that to the end of the firmware loading path. 

Notice? The vendor can do that. The generic kernel can NOT - since the 
generic kernel cannot impact the firmware loading paths of all the various 
distros. 

So all of the noise in this whole discussion has been totally inane and 
idiotic. 

		Linus
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