Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754012AbYGFFLm (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jul 2008 01:11:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751258AbYGFFLe (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jul 2008 01:11:34 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:46657 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751248AbYGFFLd (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jul 2008 01:11:33 -0400 Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] Remove fdump tool for av7110 firmware From: Jaswinder Singh To: Oliver Endriss Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org, LKML , kernelnewbies , kernel-janitors , Alan Cox , David Woodhouse , Mauro Carvalho Chehab In-Reply-To: <200807060315.51736@orion.escape-edv.de> References: <1214139259.2994.8.camel@jaswinder.satnam> <200807060315.51736@orion.escape-edv.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:34:25 +0530 Message-Id: <1215320665.2768.15.camel@jaswinder.satnam> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1 (2.22.1-2.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1262 Lines: 43 Hello Oliver, On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 03:15 +0200, Oliver Endriss wrote: > Jaswinder Singh wrote: > > There's no point in this, since the user can use the BUILTIN_FIRMWARE > > option to include arbitrary firmware files directly in the kernel image. > > NAK! I think you are watching two weeks old patch. Please check updated patch from :- http://git.infradead.org/users/dwmw2/firmware-2.6.git?a=commitdiff;h=cf852ae7e54eaf8944e1e734321fa6d5285379f1 And give us your valuable comments. > This option allows to compile the firmware into the _driver_, We also compile firmware without fdump. > which is very useful if you want to test various driver/firmware > combinations. Having the firmware in the _kernel_ does not help! > For testing purpose kernel/drivers source tree is not suitable. Please find some other suitable place. > Well, I am tired to fight for this option in the kernel every other > month. :-( > yeah I understand, fighting with Truth is not easy ;) Thank you, Jaswinder Singh. -- 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/