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

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To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...>
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Date: Monday, July 14, 2008 - 10:33 pm

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Jeff Garzik wrote:

Guys, request_firmware() has been around for about five years now.

If this discussion had happened in 2003, I'd agree.

As it is, I think it's time to just face it - many people do want to have 
a unified interface (and yes, I obviously count myself in that group), and 
you can't just continue do nothing and ignore that.

Your argument seems to be that you don't want to break anything, but 
you've also clearly not wanted to _fix_ anything for the last five years. 

At some point, somebody has to just do it. And five years is _way_ long 
enough.

			Linus
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Re: Prosaic firmware issues, David Woodhouse, (Wed Jul 16, 1:54 am)
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