Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:31:26 -0700 | From | "Yinghai Lu" <> | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. |
| |
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:23 PM, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 16:53 -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: >> so after this patchset, if i put qllogic fw in firmware/, that fw will >> work or not... > > The qlogic driver already uses request_firmware(), like most modern > drivers do. If you want to include that firmware in your kernel image > (assuming it's in /lib/firmware already), do something like this: > > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ql2500_fw.bin" > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=/lib/firmware > > Then it'll find that firmware file and pull it in to your kernel, and > you can set CONFIG_SCSI_QLA_FC=y and expect it to work. Select the right > firmware for your device, of course. >
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ql2100_fw.bin ql2300_fw.bin ql2400_fw.bin ql2200_fw.bin ql2322_fw.bin ql2500_fw.bin" CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="firmware"
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `include/config/builtin/firmware/dir.h', needed by `firmware/ql2100_fw.bin.gen.S'. Stop. make: *** [firmware] Error 2
YH
| |