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| author | Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> | 2006-05-21 00:00:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-05-21 21:59:19 +0200 |
| commit | 1b81d6637d27a0e6a0506ecef65493b50d859cfc (patch) | |
| tree | 4eedb47409ac804710d9910c6485e391e87daf1a /Documentation/firmware_class/README | |
| parent | [PATCH] spi: add spi master driver for Freescale MPC83xx SPI controller (diff) | |
| download | linux-1b81d6637d27a0e6a0506ecef65493b50d859cfc.tar.xz linux-1b81d6637d27a0e6a0506ecef65493b50d859cfc.zip | |
[PATCH] drivers/base/firmware_class.c: cleanups
- remove the following global function that is both unused and
unimplemented:
- register_firmware()
- make the following needlessly global function static:
- firmware_class_uevent()
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/firmware_class/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware_class/README | 17 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README index 43e836c07ae8..e9cc8bb26f7d 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. - |