linux-kernel - Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110

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Date:	Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:07:02 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Trent Piepho <xyzzy@...akeasy.org>
Cc:	v4l-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:45:56PM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:06:02PM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote:
> > > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE was (except for some OSS drivers) the only option
> > > > that was still compiling a binary-only user-supplied firmware file at
> > > > build-time into the kernel.
> > > >
> > > > This patch changes the driver to always use the standard
> > > > request_firmware() way for firmware by removing DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE.
> > >
> > > Doesn't this also prevent the AV7110 module from getting compiled
> > > into the kernel?  Shouldn't the Kconfig file be adjusted so
> > > that 'y' can't be selected anymore and it depends on MODULES?
> >
> > No.
> > No.
> >
> > request_firmware() works fine for built-in drivers.
> 
> Wouldn't that require loading the firmware file before the filesystems are
> mounted?

Sure.

cu
Adrian

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