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From: Keith Hopkins <vger@hopnet.net>
Subject: Re: AIC94xx SAS question.
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:58:18 +0800
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On 04/22/2008 07:19 AM, Wakko Warner wrote:
> Can either of these be done:
> 1) Embed the firmware into the driver so that it can be used before the
> rootfs id mounted.

I think this is generally not done because firmware tends to be closed-source.

> 2) Can the firmware be loaded in an initr{d,amfs}?

Sure.  openSuSE does it in their mkinitrd.

--Keith