Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option

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From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 11:18 am

Hi David,


so using "/" within the name parameter for request_firmware() is  
actually forbidden. I know that some driver authers think it is a good  
idea, but it is not.

I am actually working on a patch to make request_firmware() fail/warn  
when the name has a "/" in it.

You don't need to consider any deep nesting of firmware file names. It  
was never meant to be used like this.

Regards

Marcel

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[PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Fri May 23, 6:46 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Fri May 23, 10:13 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Fri May 23, 11:07 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Sat May 24, 7:46 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Sat May 24, 8:25 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Sat May 24, 8:34 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sat May 24, 11:18 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Sat May 24, 12:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sat May 24, 12:31 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 4:49 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 4:54 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 6:12 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 6:19 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Sun May 25, 6:46 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, David Woodhouse, (Sun May 25, 7:18 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Alexandre Oliva, (Sun May 25, 10:17 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 11:07 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 11:12 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 11:15 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Michael Buesch, (Sun May 25, 11:18 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 11:23 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Michael Buesch, (Sun May 25, 11:27 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 11:28 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 11:34 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Michael Buesch, (Sun May 25, 11:39 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 11:46 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 11:49 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Michael Buesch, (Sun May 25, 11:49 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Michael Buesch, (Sun May 25, 11:53 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 12:01 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Marcel Holtmann, (Sun May 25, 12:03 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Michael Buesch, (Sun May 25, 12:09 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Michael Buesch, (Sun May 25, 12:21 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Alexandre Oliva, (Sun May 25, 8:13 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Alexandre Oliva, (Sun May 25, 8:30 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Alexandre Oliva, (Mon May 26, 10:09 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/3] firmware: Add CONFIG_BUILTIN_FIRMWARE option, Michael Buesch, (Mon May 26, 10:11 am)