Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jul 2003 14:55:51 -0400 | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: request_firmware() backport to 2.4 kernels |
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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 ;)
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