Messages in this thread | | | From | Bodo Eggert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s) | Date | Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:10:42 +0200 |
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Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> wrote:
> The ipw needs the firmware on insmod time (in contrast to bcm43xx > for example, which needs it on ifconfig up time). > So ipw needs to call request_firmware at insmod time. In case of > built-in, that is when the initcall happens. No userland is available > and request_firmware can not call the userspace helpers to upload > the firmware to sysfs. > Well, not really easy to find a sane solution for this. :)
Can you trigger loading the firmware from userspace? echo 1 > /sys/module/iw2200/parameters/load_firmware_now -- Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren.
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