From: Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>,
linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
Dale Martenson <dmartenson@multitech.com>,
Al Borchers <alborchers@steinerpoint.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
mit-devel@lists.printk.net
Subject: Re: dlopen-like facility for conditional loading of symbols in modules (Re: Firmware for new ti_usb_3410_5052 devices)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:03:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070304150304.GP16509@flower.upol.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45EA3447.2080504@zytor.com>
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 06:51:51PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
[]
> >It will solve problem of having multiple unneeded firmware images if
> >driver handles many devices and firmware is allowed to be in the
> >kernel. No need in additional secure infrastructure.
> >
>
> This seems like a hacky way to accomplish what request_firmware() does
> clearer!
(Among other its clear features) after nearly four years being in the
kernel -- i don't think so.
I will try to check request_module(). Maybe this is a hack, but it's way
more supported and bloat-ware independent (:.
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2007-03-03 13:31 ` Oleg Verych
2007-03-04 2:51 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-03-04 15:03 ` Oleg Verych [this message]
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