linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s)

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Date:	Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:15:49 +0200
From:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org
Subject:  Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s)

James Bottomley wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 02:35 +0200, Oleg Verych wrote:
> 
>>request_firmware() is dead also.
>>YMMV, but three years, and there are still big chunks of binary in kernel.
>>And please don't add new useless info _in_ it.
> 
> 
> I er don't think so.
> 
Hell, what can be as easy as this:
,-
|modprobe $drv
|(dd </lib/firmware/$drv.bin>/dev/blobs && echo OK) || echo Error
`-
where /dev/blobs is similar to /dev/port or even /dev/null char device.
if synchronization is needed, add `echo $drv >/dev/blobs`, remove modprobe,

> 
> James
> 
?

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