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Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] firmware: add new extensible firmware API - drvdata

Started byBjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
First post2017-01-19 20:00 +0100
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  Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] firmware: add new extensible firmware API -  drvdata Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> - 2017-01-19 20:00 +0100

#1563011 — Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] firmware: add new extensible firmware API - drvdata

FromBjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
Date2017-01-19 20:00 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/3] firmware: add new extensible firmware API - drvdata
Message-ID<t1q6d-5c3-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
On Thu 12 Jan 07:02 PST 2017, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
[..]
> +Fallback mechanisms on the driver data API
> +==========================================
> +
> +The old firmware API provided support for a series of fallback mechanisms. The
> +new driver data API abandons all current notions of the fallback mechanisms,
> +it may soon add support for one though.
> +

What will this fallback mechanism look like? Will it be fully compatible
with the current userspace interfaces or will we forever have two
duplicate systems for loading "firmware" in the kernel?

Will the "sysdata" (or is it named "driver_data"?!) replace the
firmware_class at any point in the future?

Regards,
Bjorn

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