linux-kernel - Re: mainline aic94xx firmware woes

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Message-Id: <1159184336.3463.3.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:38:56 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: mainline aic94xx firmware woes

On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 12:33 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> We should not be including non-free firmware in the kernel, we should be
> continuing to drive it out into things like initramfs.

Right, which is why this was done as one of the conditions for accepting
the driver

> > 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
> 
> Either select or depend

select, I think.

James


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