Hi Greg, > On Oct 29, 2014, at 04:54 , Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> > wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:30:32PM +0200, Pantelis Antoniou wrote: >> ConfigFS lacked binary attributes up until now. This patch >> introduces support for binary attributes in a somewhat similar >> manner of sysfs binary attributes albeit with changes that >> fit the configfs usage model. >> >> Problems that configfs binary attributes fix are everything that >> requires a binary blob as part of the configuration of a resource, >> such as bitstream loading for FPGAs, DTBs for dynamically created >> devices etc. > > What's wrong with using the firmware interface for this instead? >
It is problem when the bitstream is provided by user-space due to namespace issues. What happens if you have a container, from where do you get that firmware file so that you can use it. IIRC Joel didn’t object too much last time I posted it. > What driver/subsystem wants to use configfs binary files? Having a user > for this api is essential if you want it to be merged. > Device tree overlays for starters and the FPGA manager. For the first please look at "OF: DT-Overlay configfs interface (v2)” posted yesterday; you are in the CC list. > thanks, > > greg k-h Regards — Pantelis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
