Re: [PATCH 1/3 v2] firmware: Convert firmware path setup from anarray to a list

[Dimitris Papastamos]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 09:08:50PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Dimitris Papastamos
> <dp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In preparation to support dynamic listing/updating of firmware
> > paths via procfs, this patch converts the firmware path configuration
> > from an array to a list.
> 
> I remembered that I have questioned on dynamic listing/updating of
> firmware via procfs, looks you don't reply, :-(
> 
>       http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134988208617179&w=2
> 
> IMO, it is not a good idea to update firmware path dynamically via proc
> because it may be too late to update a dynamic search path via /proc
> and drivers need request firmware just after rootfs is mounted.
> 
> kernel parameter should be a good way to pass one customerized
> path.
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Ming Lei

Hi sorry for being unclear, I mentioned in the old thread that
I've not had time to fix this properly (or think about a proper
fix), Greg requested a rebase on top of linux-next, however, at
least for firmware path listing.

Should I amend the commit description so it is not misleading and
remove the 'updating' part?

Thanks,
Dimitris
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