Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751151AbWIYLI1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:08:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751147AbWIYLI1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:08:27 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:1001 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751135AbWIYLI0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:08:26 -0400 Subject: Re: mainline aic94xx firmware woes From: Alan Cox To: Muli Ben-Yehuda Cc: James Bottomley , linux-scsi , Linux-Kernel In-Reply-To: <20060925101124.GH6374@rhun.haifa.ibm.com> References: <20060925101124.GH6374@rhun.haifa.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:33:04 +0100 Message-Id: <1159183984.11049.59.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 835 Lines: 21 Ar Llu, 2006-09-25 am 13:11 +0300, ysgrifennodd Muli Ben-Yehuda: > that includes firmware support to load the firmware. Will a patch to > optionally include the firmware inline in the kernel and thus not > having to use an initramfs be acceptable? We should not be including non-free firmware in the kernel, we should be continuing to drive it out into things like initramfs. > Also, aic94xx does not compile unless FW_LOADER is set in .config due > to missing 'request_firmware'. What's the right thing to do here - > aic94xx selecting it, depending on it Either select or depend Alan - 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/