Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:06:29 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE |
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:06:02PM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE was (except for some OSS drivers) the only option > > that was still compiling a binary-only user-supplied firmware file at > > build-time into the kernel. > > > > This patch changes the driver to always use the standard > > request_firmware() way for firmware by removing DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE. > > Doesn't this also prevent the AV7110 module from getting compiled > into the kernel? Shouldn't the Kconfig file be adjusted so > that 'y' can't be selected anymore and it depends on MODULES?
No. No.
request_firmware() works fine for built-in drivers.
cu Adrian
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