Re: [PATCH] firmware: Make firmware drivers generally available
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- To: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: Make firmware drivers generally available
- From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:56:29 -0400
- Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, uclinux-dist-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- In-reply-to: <4DFB53B3.8070806@ladisch.de>
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- References: <20110617103218.GA29723@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <1308310831-27861-1-git-send-email-lars@metafoo.de> <4DFB53B3.8070806@ladisch.de>
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:16, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> It looks as if sigma.c doesn't actually belong into drivers/firmware.
> That directory is for code that lets the kernel access the firmware
> of the platform that the kernel itself runs on.
-EMISSINGBETTERSUGGESTION
> The request_firmware() stuff is usually part of the actual driver that
> needs it.
except for when the firmware format is the same across many drivers
because it has a unified format (by design)
-mike
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