Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Qlogic/FC firmware | Date | Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:52:14 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Were's the initrd going to get the firmware? It's not in the freakin' tree > anymore. If I have to go download a firmware image and stick it in an > initrd, why the hell wouldn't I just plug it directly into the kernel? > It's *my* kernel.
Well initrd is _user_ space so it probably gets them from user space tools.
> Oh for the love of God, will you people stop drooling over the fucking GPL? > It's *firmware*... it's just a bunch of bits. It's *not* a program the > kernel executes. It's just data. (__init_data to be exact.)
Look, if its not distributable then its no good to anyone.
> a lot of company. Ask yourself, will you miss 128_K_ in a machine with a > fiber channel card in it? It "bloats" the kernel for people using that > hardware -- machines that don't need it can release it.
Well maybe, and whats the right way to do that, oh my god I do believe its an initrd.
Well well well
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