On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 23:51 -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Monday 04 April 2005 23:23, Jan Harkes wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 12:17:46PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 08:27:53PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Mmm, probably that 2001 discussion about the keyspan firmware, right ? > > > > > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2001/04/msg00145.html > > > > > > > > Can you summarize the conclusion of the thread, or what you did get > > > > from it, > > > > please ? > > > > > > That people didn't like the inclusion of firmware, I posted how you can > > > fix it by moving it outside of the kernel, and asked for patches. > > > > > > None have come. > > > > Didn't know you were waiting for it. How about something like the > > following series of patches? > > > > [01/04] - add simple Intel IHEX format parser to the firmware loader. > > Firmware loader is format-agnostic, I think having IHEX parser in a separate > file would be better...
Why should this be in-kernel at all? Convert the firmware into a binary blob or do it in the userspace request. Kay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
