From: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@gmail.com>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com>,
"Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Kalle Valo" <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
"Arend van Spriel" <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>,
"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"open list:BROADCOM BRCM80211 IEEE802.11n WIRELESS DRIVER"
<brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com>,
"Rafał Miłecki" <rafal@milecki.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 1/2] firmware: add more flexible request_firmware_async function
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:57:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACna6rzK29VSR2YNQPMhVri3M_DzbFSvFfZ1=RVnkT2P+ohTFw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170223183018.16704-1-zajec5@gmail.com>
On 23 February 2017 at 19:30, Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki <zajec5@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
> From: Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
>
> So far we got only one function for loading firmware asynchronously:
> request_firmware_nowait. It didn't allow much customization of firmware
> loading process - there is only one bool uevent argument. Moreover this
> bool also controls user helper in an unclear way.
>
> Resolve this problem by adding one internally shared function that
> allows specifying any flags manually.
>
> This implementation:
> 1) Allows keeping old request_firmware_nowait API unchanged
> 2) Doesn't require adjusting / rewriting current drivers
> 3) Minimizes risk of regressions
> 4) Adds new function for drivers that need more control over loading a
> firmware.
>
> The new function takes options struct pointer as an argument to make
> further improvements possible (without any big reworks).
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafa=C5=82 Mi=C5=82ecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> ---
> V3: Don't expose all FW_OPT_* flags.
> As Luis noted we want a struct so add struct firmware_opts for real
> flexibility.
> Thank you Luis for your review!
>
> Ming/Luis/Greg: assuming this gets a positive review, could someone of yo=
u pick
> this patchset?
Ping. I hope it's relatively simple and non-intrusive change with a
proper design now.
Is there some who could pick this small patchset?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-16 9:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-15 22:29 [PATCH 1/2] firmware: add more flexible request_firmware_async function Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-15 22:29 ` [PATCH 2/2] brcmfmac: don't warn user if loading firmware file with NVRAM fails Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-16 1:19 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-02-16 7:25 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-16 7:26 ` [PATCH V2 1/2] firmware: add more flexible request_firmware_async function Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-16 7:26 ` [PATCH V2 2/2] brcmfmac: don't warn user about NVRAM if fallback to platform one succeeds Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-16 8:38 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-02-16 9:04 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-16 9:18 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-02-16 9:32 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-16 10:17 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-02-21 9:47 ` [PATCH V3 1/2] firmware: add more flexible request_firmware_async function Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-21 9:47 ` [PATCH V3 2/2] brcmfmac: don't warn user about NVRAM if fallback to platform one succeeds Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-21 9:57 ` Arend Van Spriel
2017-02-21 11:46 ` Kalle Valo
2017-02-21 18:04 ` [PATCH V3 1/2] firmware: add more flexible request_firmware_async function Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-02-23 18:30 ` [PATCH V4 " Rafał Miłecki
2017-02-23 18:30 ` [PATCH V4 2/2] brcmfmac: don't warn user about NVRAM if fallback to platform one succeeds Rafał Miłecki
2017-03-16 9:57 ` Rafał Miłecki [this message]
2017-03-16 13:31 ` [PATCH V4 1/2] firmware: add more flexible request_firmware_async function Greg KH
2017-03-16 13:55 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-03-16 14:03 ` Greg KH
2017-03-17 17:29 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-03-27 19:28 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-02-21 18:02 ` [PATCH V2 " Luis R. Rodriguez
2017-02-21 17:59 ` [PATCH " Luis R. Rodriguez
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