From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: DuanZhenzhong Subject: Re: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE in libsas Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:28:26 +0800 Message-ID: <4D24017A.3060202@oracle.com> References: <4D22CF9F.1070005@oracle.com> <1294150132.4726.0.camel@mulgrave.site> <4D235CAC.5070309@garzik.org> <4D23E315.9060900@oracle.com> <20110105044733.GA6256@cr0.nay.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20110105044733.GA6256@cr0.nay.redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: =?UTF-8?B?QW3DqXJpY28gV2FuZw==?= Cc: Jeff Garzik , James Bottomley , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Am=C3=A9rico Wang =E5=86=99=E9=81=93: > On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 11:18:45AM +0800, DuanZhenzhong wrote: > =20 >> Jeff Garzik =E5=86=99=E9=81=93: >> =20 >>> On 01/04/2011 09:08 AM, James Bottomley wrote: >>> =20 >>>> On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 15:43 +0800, DuanZhenzhong wrote: >>>> =20 >>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> =20 >>>> Description? Since libsas has no firmware, surely some explanatio= n is >>>> required. >>>> =20 >>> Indeed. Looks bogus at first glance? >>> >>> >>> =20 >> I was finding all requested but not exported firmware in scsi driver >> for generating dump initrd use. >> In sas_scsi_host.c, request_firmware is called with "sas_addr", >> sas_addr neither builtin nor exported. Don't sas_addr a firmware? >> Please correct me. thanks >> >> =20 > > But once you export it, it needs to be found in fireware/ directory..= =2E > =20 Not exactly, firmware/ dir only have a subset of all needed firmware.=20 Also one can load firmware manually from anywhere --=20 Regards zhenzhong