Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: move firmware/ to drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jan 11 2019 - 04:59:31 EST


On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 06:52:00PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Currently, the 'firmware' directory only contains a single Makefile
> to embed extra firmware into the kernel.
>
> Move it to the more relevant place.

So this moves any "build in" firmware to need to be placed in
drivers/base/firmare_loader/builtin/ instead of firmware/builtin/ ? If
so, why? That seems like a lot of extra work for people now. And
burrying it down in the drivers/base/ directory is not obvious at all.

thanks,

greg k-h