On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:45:56PM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:06:02PM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote:
> > > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE was (except for some OSS drivers) the only option
> > > > that was still compiling a binary-only user-supplied firmware file at
> > > > build-time into the kernel.
> > > >
> > > > This patch changes the driver to always use the standard
> > > > request_firmware() way for firmware by removing DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE.
> > >
> > > Doesn't this also prevent the AV7110 module from getting compiled
> > > into the kernel? Shouldn't the Kconfig file be adjusted so
> > > that 'y' can't be selected anymore and it depends on MODULES?
> >
> > No.
> > No.
> >
> > request_firmware() works fine for built-in drivers.
>
> Wouldn't that require loading the firmware file before the filesystems are
> mounted?
Sure.
cu
Adrian
--
"Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
-
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/
