Messages in this thread | | | From | Alexander Clouter <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Online firmware upgrade in non-embedded systems | Date | Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:45:33 +0100 |
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In gmane.linux.kernel Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> wrote: > > Currently the sfc network driver is optionally combined with an MTD > driver (CONFIG_SFC_MTD) which exposes all upgradable firmware and > configuration partitions in flash. This works nicely in kernels with > MTD enabled, but since MTD is mainly used in embedded systems with > on-board flash it is often disabled in distribution kernels and custom > kernels alike. This leaves users of sfc unable to upgrade firmware > without rebuilding the kernel or booting some other distribution. The > lack of widespread MTD support is a regular cause of support requests. > ---- ac56@proxy0:~$ uname -a Linux proxy0 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Wed Aug 25 14:28:12 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux ac56@proxy0:~$ cat /etc/debian_version squeeze/sid ac56@proxy0:~$ grep CONFIG_SFC_MTD /boot/config-2.6.32-5-686 CONFIG_SFC_MTD=y ac56@proxy0:~$ grep '^CONFIG_MTD' /boot/config-2.6.32-5-686 | wc 72 72 1693 ----
I tell them "use a real distribution".
Cheers
-- Alexander Clouter .sigmonster says: BOFH excuse #119: evil hackers from Serbia.
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