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From: albert.arquer@gmail.com (albert)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Freescale i.mx25 SDIO/Libertas issue
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:45:57 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20110919T094146-623@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: BANLkTi=GSw5HRdiqPB=JcgB9SyEhB1b79A@mail.gmail.com

> I used this Marvel WiFi 8686 in our previous product powered by i.MX51
> and it worked fine. You need to load the firmware before using it.
> Just put your binaries inside firmware directory on linux kernel and
> setup your kernel config:
> 
>  CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y
>  CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
> -CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=""
> +CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="sd8686_helper.bin sd8686.bin"
> +CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="firmware"
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Alan
> 

Hi Alan, just a quick question. I am fairly new to all this linux embedded world.
I just wandered what this code you wrote actually does. I searched around and I 
understand that it plugs some extra firmware into the kernel at compiling time, 
however I don't really understand what "firmware" really means in this case. 

I mean, does it mean the driver itself? because I though all you had to do to 
include a driver into the kernel was put the source codes in the "/drivers" 
directory in the kernel's directory and modify a bit the makefile so that it is 
compiled.. is this not right?

Thanks for your time ;)

  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-19  7:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-30  1:52 Freescale i.mx25 SDIO/Libertas issue Andre Renaud
2011-05-30  9:50 ` Daniel Mack
2011-05-31  2:03   ` Fabio Estevam
2011-05-31  8:52     ` Daniel Mack
     [not found]   ` <4DE4110D.2090808@bluewatersys.com>
2011-05-31  8:56     ` Daniel Mack
2011-05-30 14:24 ` Alan Carvalho de Assis
2011-09-19  7:45   ` albert [this message]
2011-05-31  2:14 ` Andre Renaud
     [not found]   ` <4DE5E97D.90705@gmail.com>
2011-06-01 22:41     ` [Solved] " Andre Renaud
2011-09-15 15:59   ` Albert

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