Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/9] tda1004x DVB frontend update | From | Marcel Holtmann <> | Date | Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:34:15 +0100 |
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Hi Michael,
> > was there some plan to convert DVB over to using the firmware loader? > > Yes. But as I wrote in the mail to Christoph, we currently don't have a > chance to use some in-kernel structure (pci device, i2c bus) that > automatically exports the firmware loading magic through sysfs. > > Because of this, we would have to write our own sysfs backend for the > dvb i2c subsystem, in order to get proper firmware loading support.
I don't know if this is the right way, but the atmel_cs driver uses this workaround to make use of the firmware loader.
/* This is strictly temporary, until PCMCIA devices get integrated into the device model. */ static struct device atmel_device = { .bus_id = "pcmcia", };
Regards
Marcel
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