Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE in libsas | From | James Bottomley <> | Date | Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:36:32 -0600 |
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On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 11:18 +0800, DuanZhenzhong wrote: > Jeff Garzik 写道: > > On 01/04/2011 09:08 AM, James Bottomley wrote: > >> On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 15:43 +0800, DuanZhenzhong wrote: > >>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan<zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> > >>> > >>> --- > >> > >> Description? Since libsas has no firmware, surely some explanation is > >> required. > > > > Indeed. Looks bogus at first glance? > > > > > I was finding all requested but not exported firmware in scsi driver for > generating dump initrd use. > In sas_scsi_host.c, request_firmware is called with "sas_addr", sas_addr > neither builtin nor exported. Don't sas_addr a firmware? Please correct > me. thanks
No, it's not requesting any firmware ... it's a slight misuse of the firmware mechanism that allows a libsas based driver to be given a SAS address if it doesn't have an internal nsvram to store one.
James
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