> Some devices have a firmware.h that is compiled into the driver. A few > sound devices use a function that loads a firmware file from userspace, > given a filename. The comment in drivers/sound/sound_firmware.c says > that this is a poor method, and that the recommended method for > uploading firmware to a device is via ioctl. modutils has a post-install facility that supports firmware load via ioctl beautifully too - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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