Re: What is the minimal set of firmware files I need for my hardware?

2020-05-04 Thread Doron Behar
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 03:06:10PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 03:56:40PM +0300, Doron Behar wrote: > > On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 12:45:55PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 01:26:35PM +0300, Doron Behar wrote: > > > > I hope this question fits to this List. > >

Re: Would .DTSIs without DTS be accepted into the kernel?

2020-05-04 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 04:40:00PM +0200, Dávid Virág wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 4:16 PM Ezra Buehler wrote: > > > As far as I know they don't like that. > > > I see, thanks for the reply! > > Sorry for the double reply, I'm new to mailing lists, and forgot to CC > kernelnewbies. > If those

Re: Would .DTSIs without DTS be accepted into the kernel?

2020-05-04 Thread Dávid Virág
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 4:16 PM Ezra Buehler wrote: > As far as I know they don't like that. > I see, thanks for the reply! Sorry for the double reply, I'm new to mailing lists, and forgot to CC kernelnewbies. If those wouldn't be merged, would drivers for the SOC/Phone be merged without the DTS/

Re: Would .DTSIs without DTS be accepted into the kernel?

2020-05-04 Thread Ezra Buehler
On 4 May 2020, at 15:51, Dávid Virág wrote: > > My question is this: Would DTSIs for it's SOC, and its components be merged > without any DTS actually including them? As far as I know they don't like that. Cheers, Ezra. ___ Kernelnewbies mailing l

Would .DTSIs without DTS be accepted into the kernel?

2020-05-04 Thread Dávid Virág
Hi, I have an Android phone that I'd like to see running on the mainline kernel one day. Currently it runs a downstream 4.4 kernel. Since the stock (closed source) bootloader on the phone only really checks the SOC in a property in the DTBs but not the model of the phone, I'm sure a DTS for the ph

Re: What is the minimal set of firmware files I need for my hardware?

2020-05-04 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 03:56:40PM +0300, Doron Behar wrote: > On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 12:45:55PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 01:26:35PM +0300, Doron Behar wrote: > > > I hope this question fits to this List. > > > > > > Today I learned that my distro's `linux-unfree-firmware

Re: Reg : signature and/or required key missing

2020-05-04 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 06:14:59PM +0530, Majji SankaraRao wrote: > Hi, > > I got the following kernel message after inserting my sample char dev > module into kernel version - 5.3.0-51-generic > > *[17866.747927] mychardev: module verification failed: signature and/or > required key missing - ta

Re: What is the minimal set of firmware files I need for my hardware?

2020-05-04 Thread Doron Behar
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 12:45:55PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 01:26:35PM +0300, Doron Behar wrote: > > I hope this question fits to this List. > > > > Today I learned that my distro's `linux-unfree-firmware` package is 491 > > Mb in size. I'm pretty sure my hardware doesn't ne

Reg : signature and/or required key missing

2020-05-04 Thread Majji SankaraRao
Hi, I got the following kernel message after inserting my sample char dev module into kernel version - 5.3.0-51-generic *[17866.747927] mychardev: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel* Please guide me how to solve this issue. Thanks in advance, San

Re: What is the minimal set of firmware files I need for my hardware?

2020-05-04 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 01:26:35PM +0300, Doron Behar wrote: > I hope this question fits to this List. > > Today I learned that my distro's `linux-unfree-firmware` package is 491 > Mb in size. I'm pretty sure my hardware doesn't need all of these files. > Maybe different Linux distros call this pa

What is the minimal set of firmware files I need for my hardware?

2020-05-04 Thread Doron Behar
I hope this question fits to this List. Today I learned that my distro's `linux-unfree-firmware` package is 491 Mb in size. I'm pretty sure my hardware doesn't need all of these files. Maybe different Linux distros call this package differently, but I'm talking about the firmware files that come f

Re: Reg : Writing modules in new Linux versions

2020-05-04 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 02:07:06PM +0530, Majji SankaraRao wrote: > Hi, > > Please suggest some IDE's to Linux code navigation and development > if possible. Any one you want to use should be fine. Pick your favorite one and go at it. Remember, there are not specific requirements to use an IDE

Re: Reg : Writing modules in new Linux versions

2020-05-04 Thread Majji SankaraRao
Hi, Please suggest some IDE's to Linux code navigation and development if possible. Thanks in advance, Sankara Rao Majji On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 10:49 AM Majji SankaraRao < sankar.linux.developm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Valdis, > > Thanks for your reply. > > With your suggestions I have used th