Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265911AbUA1L0c (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 06:26:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265912AbUA1L0c (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 06:26:32 -0500 Received: from linux-bt.org ([217.160.111.169]:15793 "EHLO mail.holtmann.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265911AbUA1L0b (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 06:26:31 -0500 Subject: Re: Firmware loader dependency question 2.4/2.6 From: Marcel Holtmann To: Margit Schubert-While Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20040128120748.00a8f140@pop.t-online.de> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20040128120748.00a8f140@pop.t-online.de> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1075289160.12766.69.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:26:00 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 519 Lines: 18 Hi Margit, > Why is the firmware loader dependent on CONFIG_HOTPLUG ? > For PCI cards that require this, it should not be necessary. because it has to call firmware.agent to transfer the firmware file from your harddisk into the /sys or /proc data file. Regards Marcel - 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/