Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263709AbTEFNcn (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 09:32:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263711AbTEFNcn (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 09:32:43 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:6784 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263709AbTEFNcm (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 09:32:42 -0400 Subject: RE: Binary firmware in the kernel - licensing issues. From: Alan Cox To: "Downing, Thomas" Cc: Simon Kelley , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <170EBA504C3AD511A3FE00508BB89A9202085B63@exnanycmbx4.ipc.com> References: <170EBA504C3AD511A3FE00508BB89A9202085B63@exnanycmbx4.ipc.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1052225199.1202.4.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 06 May 2003 13:46:41 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 690 Lines: 15 On Maw, 2003-05-06 at 13:54, Downing, Thomas wrote: > PS: what would be the preferred place to load the firmware > from, if no option giving the firmware pathname is passed to the > module at load time? When a device appears the /sbin/hotplug scripts are called. They could either load the firmware themselves (since the usbdevfs allows you to talk directly to the device), or could make a call to give the firmware to the driver (eg ioctl) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/