On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 02:56:42AM -0600, Al Borchers wrote: > (resend with subject) > > Greg -- > > Multitech has 5 new ti_usb_3410_5052 devices that all need > special firmware. > > Is it ok to include the 5 new firmware images in the ti_usb_3410_5052 > driver as .h files? Or should I use request_firmware?
As far as i can see: userspace firmware helper is orphan, Greg advertise himself for writing new drivers, all is working *somehow*, it will be OK to have another few tenth of kibibytes in this driver... > Obviously including them in the driver would be easier for users, > and that is what I would prefer. I notice none of the other usb > serial drivers use request_firmware. Users of ti_usb_3410_5052 > suffered because it needed the hotplug script for so long--I don't > want them to suffer now because they need firmware files. Eeh. ____ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
