> I don't know what fxload does exactly,

You can then read its manpage ... :)

Or see the section on the topic at

  http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/?selected=usb

which gives complete examples of:

>               but couldn't there be a simple
> usb driver that takes care of fxloading: it would attach itself to
> any usb device that matches the ids for a device known to need fxloading;
> it would then get the firmware using the firmware loading infrastructure
> (the firmware file name would need to be calculated from the device ids
> somehow), and upload it to the device.

Exactly what's described in the 'Downloading Firmware with "fxload"'
seection of the webpage referenced above.  No new kernel code needed;
it works out-of-the-box on some Linux distros, others may need grab
the fxload package.

- Dave


>               At that point the device
> transmogrifies itself into a device with different ids, the real driver
> attaches itself and away you go.  Laurent wouldn't need to add stuff to his
> driver, because this would be a separate (and universal) driver.
>
> Ciao,
>
> Duncan.
>

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