From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org Subject: [Bug 107168] Allow to load firmware during run-time (after initialization) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:02:40 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0113337158==" Return-path: Received: from culpepper.freedesktop.org (culpepper.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.165]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E38F6E512 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2018 16:02:40 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org --===============0113337158== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="15311521601.B751.10361" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --15311521601.B751.10361 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 16:02:40 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D107168 --- Comment #2 from Paul Menzel --- (In reply to Alex Deucher from comment #1) > You need the firmware for initialization. What=E2=80=99s the technical reason for this. Why can=E2=80=99t certain par= ts of the hardware be initialized later on? > Even if the firmware were open source, it would still needs to be loaded = so > you'd still need firmware images. Understood. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.= --15311521601.B751.10361 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 16:02:40 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated

Commen= t # 2 on bug 10716= 8 from Paul Menzel 
(In reply to Alex Deucher from comment #1)
> You need the firmware for initialization.

What=E2=80=99s the technical reason for this. Why can=E2=80=99t certain par=
ts of the hardware
be initialized later on?

> Even if the firmware were open source, it would =
still needs to be loaded so
> you'd still need firmware images.

Understood.

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