Re: Linux 2.4.22-pre10-ac1

From: Marcel Holtmann (marcel@holtmann.org)
Date: Sat Aug 02 2003 - 08:42:27 EST


Hi Alan,

> > not quite true. If hotplug is not enabled it tells the driver that the
> > firmware can't be loaded. It is the same if hotplug_path is zero, or you
>
> The ifdef should be there, or firmware should depend on hotplug, and
> probably the firmware users should also depend on hotplug

I definitively prefer the #ifdef, because the firmware loader should
automaticly selected and compiled if a driver needs it. But let a driver
depend on hotplug can not be the solution, because some drivers maybe
also work if the firmware loading fails.

Regards

Marcel

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