linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging/wlan-ng: Convert firmware loading to load binary ihex format

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Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:44:37 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Karl Relton <karllinuxtest.relton@...world.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/wlan-ng: Convert firmware loading to load
 binary ihex format

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 08:06:39AM +0100, Karl Relton wrote:
> Convert prism2_usb firmware loading to load firmware in pre-compiled
> binary 'ihex' format rather than ascii 'srec' format. This moves the
> srec processing and sorting of records out of kernel space into a
> pre-compiler. The driver now just works with the binary image, but
> still does the 'pda plugging' of that image at runtime, as required
> by the prism hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karl Relton <karllinuxtest.relton@...world.com>


Are the firmware images updated somewhere?  Like in the linux-firmware
tree?

thanks,

greg k-h
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