The following reply was made to PR kern/32342; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
Cc: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org, kern-bug-people@netbsd.org,
	gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/32342: OpenBSD firmware loading framework
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:07:22 -0800

 On Dec 19, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Rui Paulo wrote:
 
 > On 2005.12.19 14:20:53 -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
 > |
 > | - Tries to read it all in at once (into a wired kernel buffer
 > | allocated from kmem_map).  It would be better to allow a driver to
 > | read in pieces at a time, potentially into pageable memory.
 >
 > Is there any device driver in our tree that tries to load the firmware
 > in pieces at a time ? I know this could change in the future.
 
 dev/pci/cz.c
 
 >
 > |
 > | - It should be possible to set the directory search path via sysctl,
 > | rather than hard-coding "/etc/firmware".
 >
 > I agree, but that's easy to change as Christos said.
 >
 > 		-- Rui Paulo
 
 -- thorpej