Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756710AbYGFKCw (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jul 2008 06:02:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752745AbYGFKCn (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jul 2008 06:02:43 -0400 Received: from crow.cadsoft.de ([217.86.189.86]:5622 "EHLO raven.cadsoft.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752598AbYGFKCm (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jul 2008 06:02:42 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1851 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:02:42 EDT Message-ID: <48708BBF.9050400@cadsoft.de> Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:09:19 +0200 From: Klaus Schmidinger Organization: CadSoft Computer GmbH User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org CC: kernelnewbies , kernel-janitors , LKML , Jaswinder Singh , David Woodhouse , Alan Cox Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] Remove fdump tool for av7110 firmware References: <1214139259.2994.8.camel@jaswinder.satnam> <200807060315.51736@orion.escape-edv.de> In-Reply-To: <200807060315.51736@orion.escape-edv.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (raven.cadsoft.de [192.168.1.1]); Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:09:21 +0200 (CEST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1178 Lines: 31 On 07/06/08 03:15, 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! This option allows to compile the firmware into the _driver_, > which is very useful if you want to test various driver/firmware > combinations. Having the firmware in the _kernel_ does not help! I strongly support Oliver's request! Working with various driver versions is much easier with the firmware compiled into the driver! Klaus > Well, I am tired to fight for this option in the kernel every other > month. :-( > > @Mauro: > Is there a way to strip this stuff from Kconfig/Makefile/av7110*.[ch] > for submission to the kernel? Basically I don't care whether and how > they cripple the driver in the kernel. But I would like to keep the code > 'as is' in the linuxtv repositories. > > CU > Oliver -- 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/