Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:43:28 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: Fate of ihex2fw tool |
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 10:36:15PM -0700, Andrey Smirnov wrote: > Everyone: > > Since commit 5620a0d1aacd554ebebcff373e31107bb1ef7769 ("firmware: > delete in-kernel firmware"): > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v4.19-rc7&id=5620a0d1aacd554ebebcff373e31107bb1ef7769 > > firmware/ihex2fw.c is gone from the source tree and with it ihex2fw > tool used to generate sruct ihxed_binrec {} filled images (.ihex -> > .fw) consumed by request_ihex_frimware(). > > I tried looking for that too in > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git > but couldn't find it there. > > Is there a new/different source tree it can be found nowadays? > Or is there another established tool that can do .ihex -> .fw > conversion that is expected to be used instead of ihex2bin?
We've all had to write this utility over and over again over the years, so why not just submit a patch to add this tool back under tools/ ?
thanks,
greg k-h
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