Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751577AbWIYOHe (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:07:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751564AbWIYOHe (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:07:34 -0400 Received: from mtagate4.de.ibm.com ([195.212.29.153]:12440 "EHLO mtagate4.de.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751562AbWIYOHd (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:07:33 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:07:30 +0300 From: Muli Ben-Yehuda To: Olaf Hering Cc: James Bottomley , linux-scsi , Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: mainline aic94xx firmware woes Message-ID: <20060925140730.GO6374@rhun.haifa.ibm.com> References: <20060925101124.GH6374@rhun.haifa.ibm.com> <20060925113042.GA18946@aepfle.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060925113042.GA18946@aepfle.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 952 Lines: 23 On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 01:30:42PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > > > The recently merged aic94xx in mainline requires external firmware > > support. This, in turn, necessitates an initrd/initramfs environment > > 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? > > initramfs is always in use. Wether you pass in an additional image via > the bootloader is up to you. > Adding the firmware and required tools to your vmlinux binary is trivial > with CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/some/file" Thanks, I'll look into this. Cheers, Muli - 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/