Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 10:26:24 -0300 (BRT)
From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: request_firmware() backport to 2.4
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On 1 Sep 2003, Marcel Holtmann wrote:

> Hi Marcelo,
> 
> > > I have collected the patches for the request_firmware() interface
> > > backport for 2.4 done by Manuel Estrada Sainz. It is now in -ac for a
> > > while and I have used it in my -mh patches. It works fine and seems to
> > > be clean and very stable. Karsten Keil has tested it together with my
> > > ported bfusb.o Bluetooth driver on AMD64.
> > > 
> > > Please do a
> > > 
> > >         bk pull http://linux-mh.bkbits.net/fw-loader-2.4
> > > 
> > > This will update the following files:
> > > 
> > >  drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.h                             |52261 ------------------
> > 
> > Now bfusb loads "bfubase.frm", but stock kernel has no such thing. 
> > 
> > I assume that breaks bfusb?
> 
> no, the bfubase.frm is the original firmware file from AVM. This file
> have to be placed somewhere on the filesystem. 

Right, and without placing the file somewhere on the filesystem bfusb
2.4.22 users wont have 2.4.23 working without "issues".

But well, I dont know if I should care that much. 


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