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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel image
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On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 17:00 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> David Woodhouse wrote:
> > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > + /* Built-in firmware blobs */ \
> > + .builtin_fw : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
> > + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_builtin_fw) = .; \
> > + *(.builtin_fw) \
> > + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_builtin_fw) = .; \
> > + } \
> > + \
>
> Most drivers, when built as a module, would want their firmware images
> to be in the module and not in the kernel image.
>
> This would require some (un)register_builtint_firmware() function.

If you're willing to build the driver as a module, surely you can use
the proper firmware loader too? We have MODULE_FIRMWARE to make sure
that the firmware ends up in the right place with it, after all.

--
dwmw2



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