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Re: [PATCH V4 1/2] firmware: add more flexible request_firmware_async function

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On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 02:55:09PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 02/23/2017 07:30 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> > From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > So far we got only one function for loading firmware asynchronously:
> > request_firmware_nowait. It didn't allow much customization of firmware
> > loading process - there is only one bool uevent argument. Moreover this
> > bool also controls user helper in an unclear way.
> > 
> > Resolve this problem by adding one internally shared  function that
> > allows specifying any flags manually.
> > 
> > This implementation:
> > 1) Allows keeping old request_firmware_nowait API unchanged
> > 2) Doesn't require adjusting / rewriting current drivers
> > 3) Minimizes risk of regressions
> > 4) Adds new function for drivers that need more control over loading a
> >    firmware.
> > 
> > The new function takes options struct pointer as an argument to make
> > further improvements possible (without any big reworks).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > V3: Don't expose all FW_OPT_* flags.
> >     As Luis noted we want a struct so add struct firmware_opts for real
> >     flexibility.
> >     Thank you Luis for your review!
> > 
> > Ming/Luis/Greg: assuming this gets a positive review, could someone of you pick
> > this patchset?
> 
> Hi Ming,
> 
> It seems you changed e-mail address somewhere between V3 and V4 of this
> patchset. Could you review/comment/ack this, please?

Ming isn't the firmware maintainer anymore :(

> Luis: would you ack this patch now I followed your guidance?

It's up to Luis now :)

greg k-h



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