Greg KH wrote:
> Hm, actually they could just register with usb/empty or some such
> directory and devfsd would come along, start up a userspace program that
> would dump the firmware to it, then the device would reenumerate
> (causing the usb/empty/0 node to disappear) and some other driver would
> be attached to it like it happens today.
>
> That might work, I really want to move these firmware images out of
> kernel memory. I just see them as taking up unnecessary room.
hehehe.
wait until you see the size of the SpeedTouch USB firmware... I download
the firmware using devfs first, then insert the module. (because of some
problems we'll discuss later ;)
btw: the SpeedTouch does not change his vendor id (or enumerate) after
firmware download...
J.
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