| Date | Fri, 23 May 2008 15:56:10 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel image |
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> A third set of drivers already use the firmware loader, but can't be > used without help from userspace, which sometimes requires an initrd. > This allows them to work in a static kernel.
This makes a lot of sense to me - its small, clean and while I don't think its relevant to the PC world it has real clear advantages to the embedded space.
For the embedded case isn't either compressing the firmware or not doing the vmalloc/copy worth the effort however ?
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