From: Thomas Kaiser <linux-dvb@kaiser-linux.li>
To: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>
Cc: _LinuxTV-DVB - Mailinglist <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [OT] request_firmware()
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:08:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47B4ADDD.5070700@kaiser-linux.li> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <37219a840802141254y12375e4dxd0e61cec97f8dc1a@mail.gmail.com>
Michael Krufky wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Thomas Kaiser
> <linux-dvb@kaiser-linux.li> wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I know this is the wrong list to ask, but you use this function (see subject)
>> and I think somebody can answer my question.
>>
>> Why does request_firmware need a device as parameter?
>> int request_firmware(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
>> struct device *device);
>>
>> I thought request_firmware just loads the firmware in the struct firmware?
>
>
> IIRC, when the device is destroyed, it is a signal for the memory used
> to store the firmware to be freed if not done already.
>
> -Mike
So, that means when the pointer to device gets null the memory which holds the
firmware is freed?
Thanks,
Thomas
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2008-02-14 20:37 [linux-dvb] [OT] request_firmware() Thomas Kaiser
2008-02-14 20:54 ` Michael Krufky
2008-02-14 21:08 ` Thomas Kaiser [this message]
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