From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751379Ab1AEF3A (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2011 00:29:00 -0500 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:35199 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750802Ab1AEF27 (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2011 00:28:59 -0500 Message-ID: <4D24017A.3060202@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:28:26 +0800 From: DuanZhenzhong Organization: Oracle Corporation User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20101209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?QW3DqXJpY28gV2FuZw==?= CC: Jeff Garzik , James Bottomley , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE in libsas 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> In-Reply-To: <20110105044733.GA6256@cr0.nay.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Américo Wang 写道: > On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 11:18:45AM +0800, DuanZhenzhong wrote: > >> Jeff Garzik 写道: >> >>> On 01/04/2011 09:08 AM, James Bottomley wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 15:43 +0800, DuanZhenzhong wrote: >>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> >>>> Description? Since libsas has no firmware, surely some explanation is >>>> required. >>>> >>> Indeed. Looks bogus at first glance? >>> >>> >>> >> 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 >> >> > > But once you export it, it needs to be found in fireware/ directory... > Not exactly, firmware/ dir only have a subset of all needed firmware. Also one can load firmware manually from anywhere -- Regards zhenzhong