From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org>
Cc: v4l-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:06:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061129030629.GD15364@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0611281304180.5546@shell3.speakeasy.net>
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.
cu
Adrian
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-29 3:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-26 0:45 [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE Adrian Bunk
2006-11-28 21:06 ` [v4l-dvb-maintainer] " Trent Piepho
2006-11-29 3:06 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2006-11-29 4:45 ` Trent Piepho
2006-11-29 5:07 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-11-30 0:58 ` Oliver Endriss
2006-12-01 12:34 ` Adrian Bunk
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