From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org (smtp3.osuosl.org [140.211.166.136]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C956BC4167B for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:11:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7402660ABD; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:11:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp3.osuosl.org 7402660ABD X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp3.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nThfBMrFUOO4; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:11:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by smtp3.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBEDB60A81; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:11:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp3.osuosl.org BBEDB60A81 Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FC2D1BF5A0 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2895981E61 for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:11:00 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp1.osuosl.org 2895981E61 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp1.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iHSqqsAaq3rs for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:10:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (relay5-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.197]) by smtp1.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4362E81E5C for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:10:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp1.osuosl.org 4362E81E5C Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 141E41C0002; Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from peko by dell.be.48ers.dk with local (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1rByyk-000BQs-2i; Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:10:54 +0100 From: Peter Korsgaard To: Giulio Benetti References: <20231207120704.47607-1-giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com> <87lea3pgo7.fsf@48ers.dk> <801a7ae9-e6cf-40bf-8250-6a9a36b1b67c@benettiengineering.com> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:10:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: <801a7ae9-e6cf-40bf-8250-6a9a36b1b67c@benettiengineering.com> (Giulio Benetti's message of "Sat, 9 Dec 2023 16:06:44 +0100") Message-ID: <878r63pg1t.fsf@48ers.dk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-GND-Sasl: peter@korsgaard.com Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] configs/imx6ullevk_defconfig: bump Linux to 6.6.4 and U-Boot to 2023.10 X-BeenThere: buildroot@buildroot.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Fabio Estevam , Fabrice Goucem , buildroot@buildroot.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@buildroot.org Sender: "buildroot" >>>>> "Giulio" == Giulio Benetti writes: > Hi Peter, > On 09/12/23 15:57, Peter Korsgaard wrote: >>>>>>> "Giulio" == Giulio Benetti writes: >> > Let's also enable NXP firmware package to let latest SDMA >> firmware to be >> > loaded. To achieve this we also need to enable dynamic eudev to let it >> > to load the firmware. >> Why is that? I thought request_firmware() nowadays didn't need any >> help >> from user space to fetch files from /lib/firmware? >> Is it because this is requested very early before the rootfs is >> mounted? > Exactly, if the driver is built-in Linux it's too early to search rootfs > because it's not mounted. > Of course during drivers' probe()s and all kernel calls using dma will > use ROM SDMA Firmware until SDMA Firmware is loaded from rootfs so those > calls will have worse performances. > Of course NXP Firmware can't be embedded into Linux because it's > proprietary and license doesn't allow us to do that. OK. Committed after extending the commit message to explain that, thanks. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot