Hi Erich; Am Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2015, 12:14:45 schrieb Erich Titl: > Hi KP > > Am 17.02.2015 um 20:48 schrieb kp kirchdoerfer: > > 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; > > ... > > > 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. > > IMHO it should be unpacked if the driver module gets installed. So we > need some dependency mechanism between modules and firmware. Keep in mind: a fully build firmware.tgz will be about 45MB. I don't build it that way, just what's required by users, but it could be that big or at least a lot bigger than the less than 1MB we have today.
Therefor I don't think we should unpack a package like that by default - it does waste RAM and it will raise startup time even for those who don't need or want firmware. And most users don't want every firmware files available unpacked. A con to my idea ist that each time a user upgrades his router the firmware files in /lib/firmware are gone, because if they are saved in moddb.lrp, they'll be gone when moddb.lrp is upgraded along with the kernel. But this is also true for non-default modules - so part of upgrading is always running hwdetect - something similar for the firmware could do the job for a given firmware as well. It will be then saved to moddb.lrp as the modules added, and users will be fine until next upgrade. 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
