On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:37:29 +0100, Michal Januszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 04:18:07AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > It should probably just use its own hotplug agent instead of calling > > the helper directly. > > I've just had a look at it, and it seems possible. From what I have seen > in the firmware_class.c code, it would require: > - registering a class somewhere in the initializaton code > - every time a request from fbcon is generated: > - register the class device > - create a timer > - call kobject_hotplug() to send the event to userspace > - unregister the device
framebuffer already has a class registered. check out /sys/class/grpahics. You should be able to just call request_firmware and have it download your image whenever you need it. It doesn't have to be firmware, request_firmware will download anything. -- Jon Smirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
