Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933320AbWK2FG6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:06:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933667AbWK2FG6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:06:58 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:32006 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S933320AbWK2FG5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:06:57 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:07:02 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Trent Piepho Cc: v4l-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE Message-ID: <20061129050702.GG15364@stusta.de> References: <20061126004500.GB15364@stusta.de> <20061129030629.GD15364@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1450 Lines: 40 On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:45:56PM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote: > On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:06:02PM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote: > > > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE was (except for some OSS drivers) the only option > > > > that was still compiling a binary-only user-supplied firmware file at > > > > build-time into the kernel. > > > > > > > > This patch changes the driver to always use the standard > > > > request_firmware() way for firmware by removing DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE. > > > > > > Doesn't this also prevent the AV7110 module from getting compiled > > > into the kernel? Shouldn't the Kconfig file be adjusted so > > > that 'y' can't be selected anymore and it depends on MODULES? > > > > No. > > No. > > > > request_firmware() works fine for built-in drivers. > > Wouldn't that require loading the firmware file before the filesystems are > mounted? Sure. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/