linux-kernel - mainline aic94xx firmware woes

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Message-ID: <20060925101124.GH6374@rhun.haifa.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:11:24 +0300
From:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
Cc:	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: mainline aic94xx firmware woes

Hi,

The recently merged aic94xx in mainline requires external firmware
support. This, in turn, necessitates an initrd/initramfs environment
that includes firmware support to load the firmware. Will a patch to
optionally include the firmware inline in the kernel and thus not
having to use an initramfs be acceptable?

Also, aic94xx does not compile unless FW_LOADER is set in .config due
to missing 'request_firmware'. What's the right thing to do here -
aic94xx selecting it, depending on it, or FW_LOADER providing empty
request_firmware() in case it's compiled out (the last one violates
the principle of least surprise IMHO).

Cheers,
Muli
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