Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:16:28 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s) |
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On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 03:13:34PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi James, > > > From: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com> > > > > Right now, various kernel modules are being migrated over to use > > request_firmware in order to pull in binary firmware blobs from userland > > when the module is loaded. This makes sense. > > > > However, there is right now little mechanism in place to automatically > > determine which binary firmware blobs must be included with a kernel in > > order to satisfy the prerequisites of these drivers. This affects > > vendors, but also regular users to a certain extent too. > > > > The attached patch introduces MODULE_FIRMWARE as a mechanism for > > advertising that a particular firmware file is to be loaded - it will > > then show up via modinfo and could be used e.g. when packaging a kernel. > > this patch was debated, but we never came to a final conclusion. I am > all for it. It is simple and can improve the current situation. > > > Signed-off-by: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com> > > Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Since your tree will depend on this change, you can add it there and add:
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
from me to the patch.
thanks,
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