request_firmware uses the hotplug code so the kernel doesn't have any
sourceless binaries compiled into it. on init, the driver requests the
firmware, user mode hotplug daemon loads the firmware from disk and
gives the driver a pointer to it.
since this is a short term problem, i would suggest converting rt73.bin
to a header file and compiling it into the kernel. you have to make a
few minor changes to where request_firmware is called, but in the end
firmware is just an array of bytes with a pointer to it. this is what i
did when i was testing usb wifi a little while ago.
i am probably going to open source hell for suggesting this, but i'm a
hardware engineer, so i am in hell already.
alan nishioka
Mike Timmons wrote:
I received great help last week in getting a USB wi fi device working.
Thanks again, but can someone read below and advise me on kernel
2.6.24? The best out-of-the box solution for me was 2.6.27.8, for
which I needed a Denx eldx toolchain in place of the toolchain I was
using to compile 2.6.24. The significance of all this is that I did
get USB wi fi working, but...
I'm not in a position to upgrade from 2.6.24 at this time. I need to
get the USB wi wi (Linksys WUSB54GC) working under 2.6.24.
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