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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2006-05-24 09:22:21 +0100 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2006-05-24 09:22:21 +0100 |
| commit | 66643de455c27973ac31ad6de9f859d399916842 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ebed7f051879007d4b11d6aaa9e65a1bcb0b08f /Documentation/firmware_class/README | |
| parent | 2c23d62abb820e19c54012520f08a198c2233a85 (diff) | |
| parent | 387e2b0439026aa738a9edca15a57e5c0bcb4dfc (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
include/asm-powerpc/unistd.h
include/asm-sparc/unistd.h
include/asm-sparc64/unistd.h
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/firmware_class/README')
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diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README index 43e836c07ae..e9cc8bb26f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/README +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/README @@ -105,20 +105,3 @@ on the setup, so I think that the choice on what firmware to make persistent should be left to userspace. - - Why register_firmware()+__init can be useful: - - For boot devices needing firmware. - - To make the transition easier: - The firmware can be declared __init and register_firmware() - called on module_init. Then the firmware is warranted to be - there even if "firmware hotplug userspace" is not there yet or - it doesn't yet provide the needed firmware. - Once the firmware is widely available in userspace, it can be - removed from the kernel. Or made optional (CONFIG_.*_FIRMWARE). - - In either case, if firmware hotplug support is there, it can move the - firmware out of kernel memory into the real filesystem for later - usage. - - Note: If persistence is implemented on top of initramfs, - register_firmware() may not be appropriate. - |