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Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support

From Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support
Date 2016-09-06 20:40 +0200
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On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> Linus, I reversed the order of your questions/answers to fit my answer
> better.

Nobody has actually answered the "why don't we just tie the firmware
and module together" question.

Really. If the driver doesn't work without the firmware, then why the
hell is it separated from it in the first place?

The hack is a hack, and it just sounds *stupid*.

               Linus

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  Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on  init or probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-08-25 21:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on  init or probe Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> - 2016-08-25 22:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on  init or probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-08-25 22:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on  init or probe Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-08-25 22:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on  init or probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-03 02:00 +0200
      [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-03 02:30 +0200
        Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-03 06:20 +0200
          Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-09-03 06:30 +0200
            Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-09-03 20:00 +0200
              Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-09-03 20:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-07 00:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> - 2016-09-07 00:30 +0200
                Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-07 01:20 +0200
              Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-03 20:30 +0200
          Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> - 2016-09-06 19:50 +0200
            Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-06 20:40 +0200
              Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> - 2016-09-06 23:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-07 00:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-07 01:10 +0200
              Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-07 00:40 +0200

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