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SubjectRe: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE in libsas
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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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