Hi; Am Montag, 16. Februar 2015, 00:06:15 schrieb Mega: > Hi KP > > Am 15.02.2015 um 14:25 schrieb kp kirchdoerfer: > > Hi Erich; > > > > I've just added a new package with linux-firmware from kernel.org to add > > support firmware support for the r8169 driver > > > > lshw shows: > > driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw > > > > Am Montag, 29. Dezember 2014, 16:41:30 schrieb Erich Titl: > >> Hi folks > >> > >> I am playing with the b43 driver and it appears there is firmware needed > >> to usre this card. This firmware is not included in the firmware.tgz > >> tarball. > >> > >> I built b43-fwcutter and extracted the firmware from broadcom's binary > >> distribution. > >> > >> root@leafbuilder:/home/mega/leaf/firmware/broadcom/fwdir# find b43 > >> b43 > >> b43/ucode16_sslpn.fw > >> b43/sslpn2bsinitvals19.fw > >> b43/lp0initvals13.fw > >> b43/ucode15.fw > >> ..... > >> > >> Now a few questions pop up > >> > >> 1) where is the firmware loaded at boot > > > > if it's placed in /lib/firmware it will be loaded during boot by mdev > > > > /lib/firmware is saved to moddb.lrp > > > > I booted, extracted rtl_nic from firmware.tgz and copied it to > > /lib/firmware, did a backup for modules and rebootedand got firmware > > support. > > > >> I could not find any code in linuxrc to load firmware. Would it make > >> sense to package it into a .lrp file? > > Where is firmware.tgz unpacked in the start up prodess. AFAIK it is not > and therefore has to be unpacked manually. If this is the case I would > call this a glitch.
IMHO it should not unpacked, because it will shrink and clutter the RAM with almost unused stuff. I'd prefer a modification of hwdetect, which also scans /etc/modules to load modules that are not detected by scanning modules.dep to load just the firmware required. Until then document the steps needed to load a given firmware seems the way to go. Any other ideas are welcome kp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
