Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] binary firmware and modules | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Date | Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:38:12 +0200 |
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Hi Arjan,
> > > compiled drivers need their firmware, too. Secondly, do all drivers > > > know at compile time which firmware they'll need? > > > > They have to know what they will request, do they not? > > in order to not fall in the naming-policy trap: do we need a translation > layer here? eg the module asks for firmware-<modulename> > and userspace then somehow maps that to a full filename via a lookup > table?
why do we need that? Currently it is not needed and I don't see a reason to make it more complicated.
The important thing is to export the used firmware names to the userspace, because this piece of information is only stored inside the kernel source code right now.
Regards
Marcel
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