Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751427AbWIYLjH (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:39:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751445AbWIYLjH (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:39:07 -0400 Received: from stat9.steeleye.com ([209.192.50.41]:26804 "EHLO hancock.sc.steeleye.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751427AbWIYLjF (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:39:05 -0400 Subject: Re: mainline aic94xx firmware woes From: James Bottomley To: Alan Cox Cc: Muli Ben-Yehuda , linux-scsi , Linux-Kernel In-Reply-To: <1159183984.11049.59.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060925101124.GH6374@rhun.haifa.ibm.com> <1159183984.11049.59.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:38:56 -0500 Message-Id: <1159184336.3463.3.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-4.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 756 Lines: 23 On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 12:33 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > We should not be including non-free firmware in the kernel, we should be > continuing to drive it out into things like initramfs. Right, which is why this was done as one of the conditions for accepting the driver > > 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 select, I think. James - 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/