Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:00:38 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [GIT *] Allow request_firmware() to be satisfied from in-kernel, use it in more drivers. |
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On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:46:33PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 04:55:45PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > > No, I spelled out a list of projects, what would break, and how it would > > > break. > > > > > > Again, > > > > > > * Red Hat driver disks. The build process is unaware of the need to > > > bundle firmware. Any use with Fedora (or, later, RHEL) will result in a > > > non-working driver, for the simple reason that firmware is not copied > > > onto the image. > > > > For old RHEL - they won't support 2.6.27, so moot. > > For next-gen RHEL - they need fixing anyway. > > For Fedora, they don't (and hopefully won't) exist. > > Grin, > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-install-guide-en/fc5/sn-bootoptions-hardware.html
I don't think any of this stuff has ever been actually used in a Fedora context. We certainly haven't released any official ones ttbomk.
> Or DKMS, which should package firmware: > http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml
Not quite the same thing as a driver disk, but I'll humour you.. That handles MODULE_FIRMWARE fine afaik. Though again, this doesn't see much actual use in a Fedora context.
Dave
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