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SubjectRe: [PATCH 7/9] tda1004x DVB frontend update
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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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