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SubjectRe: request_firmware() backport to 2.4 kernels
On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:16:38PM +0200, Manuel Estrada Sainz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A while back request_firmware() was added to the 2.5 kernel series to
> support firmware needing drivers keeping the firmware images in
> userspace. And I also backported it to the 2.4 kernel series on top of
> procfs, but Marcelo didn't answer emails relating to it (there where
> probably other more important matters back then).
>
> Since then, the 2.4 backport has been deployed and tested with
> orinoco_usb driver variant (http://orinoco-usb.alioth.debian.org/),
> as you can see in the download statistics in alioth, there has been
> more than 400 downloads of the request_firmware enabled version
> (0.2.1). And drivers on the 2.5/2.6 series are being ported to use
> request_firmware() interface.
>
> Would it be possible to include it in the -aa kernel tree? That would
> make it accessible to a wider audience for testing, and make it easier
> for developers to backport their drivers to the 2.4
> series.
>
> Attached goes the patch against current 2.4-bk-cvs.

it's not intrusive, so I can certainly include it in the meantime,
thanks.

> Have a nice day

same to you ;)

Andrea
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