Messages in this thread | | | From | Rafał Miłecki <> | Date | Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:30:22 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/5] firmware: revamp firmware documentation |
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On 13 December 2016 at 14:26, Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de> wrote: >> +* Some firmware files may be really large in size. The remote-proc >> subsystem >> + is an example subsystem which deals with these sorts of firmware >> +* The firmware may need to be scraped out from some device specific >> location >> + dynamically, an example is calibration data for for some WiFi chipsets. > > > Maybe it is worth to mention, that the calibration data is unique to a given > chip, so it is individual. That is you would need to built for each device > you sell its own kernel.
It's commonly unique to the device model, not a chip. The same chip can be used with different power amplifiers or different antennas. That's why you need model (board) specific calibration data.
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