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

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Date:	Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:58:32 +0100
From:	Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@....de>
To:	v4l-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, Trent Piepho <xyzzy@...akeasy.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 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.

And you have to create an initrd for the firmware!

As I wrote before: 
I NAK any attempt to remove this option.

The option _is_ useful because it allows a user to build an av7110 driver
without hotplug, initrd etc.

Nobody has to use this option, but it should be possible to do so.

CU
Oliver

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