From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932950AbXCDOyY (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 09:54:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932922AbXCDOyX (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 09:54:23 -0500 Received: from raven.upol.cz ([158.194.120.4]:56136 "EHLO raven.upol.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932950AbXCDOyW (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 09:54:22 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:03:04 +0100 To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Oliver Neukum , linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Greg KH , Dale Martenson , Al Borchers , LKML , 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) Message-ID: <20070304150304.GP16509@flower.upol.cz> References: <1172824155.45e7e05b7980e@my.visi.com> <20070303002707.GJ16509@flower.upol.cz> <20070303002957.GA1966@kroah.com> <200703030840.26982.oliver@neukum.org> <20070303133155.GM16509@flower.upol.cz> <45EA3447.2080504@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45EA3447.2080504@zytor.com> Organization: Palacky University in Olomouc, experimental physics department. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Oleg Verych Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 (:. ____