Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel image | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Fri, 23 May 2008 16:20:44 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 17:00 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > David Woodhouse wrote: > > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h > > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h > > + /* Built-in firmware blobs */ \ > > + .builtin_fw : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ > > + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_builtin_fw) = .; \ > > + *(.builtin_fw) \ > > + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_builtin_fw) = .; \ > > + } \ > > + \ > > Most drivers, when built as a module, would want their firmware images > to be in the module and not in the kernel image. > > This would require some (un)register_builtint_firmware() function.
If you're willing to build the driver as a module, surely you can use the proper firmware loader too? We have MODULE_FIRMWARE to make sure that the firmware ends up in the right place with it, after all.
-- dwmw2
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