Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758016AbYFFQH0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:07:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753075AbYFFQHK (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:07:10 -0400 Received: from hedwig.cmf.nrl.navy.mil ([134.207.12.162]:53115 "EHLO hedwig.cmf.nrl.navy.mil" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752587AbYFFQHJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:07:09 -0400 Message-Id: <200806061606.m56G6kiH008958@cmf.nrl.navy.mil> From: "Chas Williams (CONTRACTOR)" To: David Woodhouse cc: Giuliano Procida , linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: chas3@users.sourceforge.net Reply-To: chas3@users.sourceforge.net Reply-To: chas3@users.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: convert Ambassador ATM driver to request_firmware() In-reply-to: <1212690489.32207.285.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:06:46 -0400 X-NRLCMF-Spam-Score: () hits=-0.115 X-NRLCMF-Virus-Scanned: No virus found X-NRLCMF-Languages: en Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 899 Lines: 18 In message <1212690489.32207.285.camel@pmac.infradead.org>,David Woodhouse writ es: >On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 14:20 -0400, Chas Williams (CONTRACTOR) wrote: >> it would need to be converted to the binary form first, or the patch >> will need to rewritten to use the s-record format. > >We can do binary form. We just run it through objcopy -Ibinary -Oihex >for convenience of handling it (and that's different to the ones we >actually hand to the kernel in the form of records). i guess whatever you want to do. it is just as easy to distribute the firmware with the atm tools. it would also ease your gpl concerns which you noted in your first message. -- 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/