From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/13] firmware_loader: enhance Kconfig documentation over FW_LOADER
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 16:01:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGXu5jLn0m_9j=r=x1JefRVEYMvR4Q--e8pCufZyoVQkWe507A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180509205544.GW27853@wotan.suse.de>
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 03:42:33PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
>> > + This used to be the default firmware loading facility, and udev used
>> > + to listen for uvents to load firmware for the kernel. The firmware
>> > + loading facility functionality in udev has been removed, as such it
>> > + can no longer be relied upon as a fallback mechanism. Linux no longer
>> > + relies on or uses a fallback mechanism in userspace. If you need to
>> > + rely on one refer to the permissively licensed firmwared:
>>
>> Typo: firmware
>
> Thanks fixed all typos except this one, this one is meant to be firmwared as
> that is the name of the project, the url is below.
>
>>
>> > +
>> > + https://github.com/teg/firmwared
Oh! Yes, hah. :) Thanks!
-Kees
--
Kees Cook
Pixel Security
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-09 23:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-08 18:12 [PATCH v6 00/13] firmware_loader changes for v4.18 Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 01/13] firmware: wrap FW_OPT_* into an enum Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 02/13] firmware: use () to terminate kernel-doc function names Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 03/13] firmware: rename fw_sysfs_fallback to firmware_fallback_sysfs() Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 04/13] firmware_loader: document firmware_sysfs_fallback() Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 05/13] firmware_loader: enhance Kconfig documentation over FW_LOADER Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 22:42 ` Kees Cook
2018-05-09 20:55 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-09 23:01 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 06/13] firmware_loader: move kconfig FW_LOADER entries to its own file Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 07/13] firmware_loader: make firmware_fallback_sysfs() print more useful Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 08/13] firmware: add firmware_request_nowarn() - load firmware without warnings Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 09/13] ath10k: use firmware_request_nowarn() to load firmware Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 10/13] ath10k: re-enable the firmware fallback mechanism for testmode Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 11/13] Documentation: fix few typos and clarifications for the firmware loader Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 12/13] Documentation: remove stale firmware API reference Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-09 15:12 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2018-05-09 19:43 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:12 ` [PATCH v6 13/13] Documentation: clarify firmware_class provenance and why we can't rename the module Luis R. Rodriguez
2018-05-08 18:53 ` Andres Rodriguez
2018-05-09 13:21 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2018-05-08 22:45 ` [PATCH v6 00/13] firmware_loader changes for v4.18 Kees Cook
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