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SubjectRe: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE in libsas
James Bottomley 写道:
> 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
>
>
>
I see, thanks

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zhenzhong

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