Return-path: Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:35056 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751083Ab1HMIzO (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Aug 2011 04:55:14 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qs9zn-0000Ek-Jn for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:55:08 +0200 Received: from 69-84-127-230-dhcp.mia.fl.atlanticbb.net ([69.84.127.230]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:55:07 +0200 Received: from orlandojperdomo by 69-84-127-230-dhcp.mia.fl.atlanticbb.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:55:07 +0200 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Orlando Perdomo Subject: Re: what dictates the firmware directory of compat-wireless firmware? Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:50:30 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: (sfid-20110813_105522_423959_60F76541) References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: George Nychis writes: > > > If android hacked udev into the init deamon then you will have to > > modify the init daemon too but I doubt that they would have kept udev > > rules statically in the init daemon, so try to find the udev rules. > > > > I haven't been able to find any other udev rules on the Android > filesystem. I have done a ton of digging for any udev information on > Android, without any luck. I have asked on the Android mailing list, > we'll see how that goes. > > In the mean time, the compat_firmware.sh script is pretty straight > forward. My process on Android is continually monitoring the USB > devices connected, I could perform the same actions that > compat_firmware.sh does to dump the firmware into "/data" > > Thanks for the udev related pointers in compat-wireless! > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@... > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > I'm having a similar problem with another USB driver to a chipset that requires firmware. I have managed to compiler the driver using the compat-wireless method for the device but can not figure out where to put the firmware. George from the last post it seems you have a work around. Could you elaborate, give more details? ...dump firmware into "/data". Thanks