From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262077AbUBWW7T (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:59:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262082AbUBWW4k (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:56:40 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([213.86.99.234]:3090 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262077AbUBWWzA (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:55:00 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:54:57 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Michael Hunold Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Michael Hunold , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] tda1004x DVB frontend update Message-ID: <20040223225457.A15536@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Michael Hunold , Michael Hunold , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <10775702831806@convergence.de> <10775702843054@convergence.de> <20040223211844.A14186@infradead.org> <403A831B.7040307@convergence.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <403A831B.7040307@convergence.de>; from hunold@convergence.de on Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 11:47:55PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 11:47:55PM +0100, Michael Hunold wrote: > > Why would the kernel driver want to know the exact path of the firmware file? > > Because we don't use the in-kernel firmware loader at the moment. > > The driver comes from a time were 2.4 didn't have the firmware loader > and drivers cloned the firmware loading stuff from one of the soundcard > drivers. Sorry, but that's a bad excuse. It's bogus in 2.4 too (or any given kernel).