Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:54:57 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/9] tda1004x DVB frontend update |
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 11:47:55PM +0100, Michael Hunold wrote: > > Why would the kernel driver want to know the exact path of the firmware file? > > Because we don't use the in-kernel firmware loader at the moment. > > The driver comes from a time were 2.4 didn't have the firmware loader > and drivers cloned the firmware loading stuff from one of the soundcard > drivers.
Sorry, but that's a bad excuse. It's bogus in 2.4 too (or any given kernel).
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