From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751406AbWH1XGI (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:06:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751569AbWH1XGI (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:06:08 -0400 Received: from smtp7.orange.fr ([193.252.22.24]:33521 "EHLO smtp-msa-out07.orange.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751406AbWH1XGG (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:06:06 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20060828230604685.A77181C00084@mwinf0706.orange.fr Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:04:52 +0200 To: James Bottomley Cc: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, Greg KH , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] MODULE_FIRMWARE for binary firmware(s) Message-ID: <20060828230452.GA4393@powerlinux.fr> References: <1156802900.3465.30.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <1156803102.3465.34.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1156803102.3465.34.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Sven Luther Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 05:11:42PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > This is a reference implementation with the debian mkinitrd-tools > package. It shows how to identify the firmware files necessary for > drivers in the initrd and also includes a primitive system for loading > them. > > I've tested this with the aic94xx driver using the new MODULE_FIRMWARE() > tag. Initramfs should be much easier because it already includes most > of the boot time loading; all it has to do is the piece identifying the > firmware for the selected modules. Notice that mkinitrd-tools is dead, and will probably be removed from etch. mkinitramfs-tools and yaird are the two currently used tools. Friendly, Sven Luther