Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:45:56 -0800 (PST) | From | Trent Piepho <> | Subject | Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE |
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > 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.
Wouldn't that require loading the firmware file before the filesystems are mounted? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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