[RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support

Linus Torvalds torvalds at linux-foundation.org
Wed Sep 7 04:32:05 AEST 2016


On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson at 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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