Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page] | Date | Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:19:48 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Some devices have a firmware.h that is compiled into the driver. A few > sound devices use a function that loads a firmware file from userspace, > given a filename. The comment in drivers/sound/sound_firmware.c says > that this is a poor method, and that the recommended method for > uploading firmware to a device is via ioctl.
modutils has a post-install facility that supports firmware load via ioctl beautifully too
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