Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 May 2008 16:32:23 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel image |
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On Fri, 23 May 2008 17:00:03 +0200 Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> 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.
When built as a module you must be using an initrd or have a file system mounted so that case simply doesn't matter or arise.
Alan
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