* Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8712: Switch from large inline firmware file to use the firmware interface
[not found] <1296607614-5326-1-git-send-email-mark.einon@gmail.com>
@ 2011-02-02 1:24 ` Larry Finger
2011-02-02 9:13 ` Mark Einon
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From: Larry Finger @ 2011-02-02 1:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Einon; +Cc: greg, florian.c.schilhabel, linux-kernel
On 02/01/2011 06:46 PM, Mark Einon wrote:
> As per the drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO file. Relevant firmware
> already present in linux-firmware package.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Einon <mark.einon@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8712/farray.h |10197 ------------------------------------
> drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c | 36 +-
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10217 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8712/farray.h
The equivalent of this patch was sent to GregKH on January 14,
Larry
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* Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8712: Switch from large inline firmware file to use the firmware interface
2011-02-02 1:24 ` [PATCH] Staging: rtl8712: Switch from large inline firmware file to use the firmware interface Larry Finger
@ 2011-02-02 9:13 ` Mark Einon
2011-02-02 14:55 ` Larry Finger
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mark Einon @ 2011-02-02 9:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Larry Finger; +Cc: greg, florian.c.schilhabel, linux-kernel
Hi Larry,
I don't think these patches are equivalent, could you explain what
you mean? I can't find an equivalent use of request_firmware() in the
driver prior to this patch, or from the Jan 14 changes.
Regards,
Mark
On 2 February 2011 01:24, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
>
> On 02/01/2011 06:46 PM, Mark Einon wrote:
> > As per the drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO file. Relevant firmware
> > already present in linux-firmware package.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Einon <mark.einon@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/rtl8712/farray.h |10197 ------------------------------------
> > drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c | 36 +-
> > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10217 deletions(-)
> > delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8712/farray.h
>
> The equivalent of this patch was sent to GregKH on January 14,
>
> Larry
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* Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8712: Switch from large inline firmware file to use the firmware interface
2011-02-02 9:13 ` Mark Einon
@ 2011-02-02 14:55 ` Larry Finger
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Larry Finger @ 2011-02-02 14:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mark Einon; +Cc: greg, florian.c.schilhabel, linux-kernel
On 02/02/2011 03:13 AM, Mark Einon wrote:
> Hi Larry,
>
> I don't think these patches are equivalent, could you explain what
> you mean? I can't find an equivalent use of request_firmware() in the
> driver prior to this patch, or from the Jan 14 changes.
---
Here is patch 3 of 4:
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO | 2 --
drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO
index 2aa5deb..d8dfe5b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/TODO
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ TODO:
- switch to use LIB80211
- switch to use MAC80211
- checkpatch.pl fixes - only a few remain
-- switch from large inline firmware file to use the firmware interface
- and add the file to the linux-firmware package.
Please send any patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> and
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
index 84be383..52ab2d5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
#include "osdep_service.h"
#include "drv_types.h"
#include "rtl871x_byteorder.h"
-#include "farray.h"
#include "usb_osintf.h"
#define FWBUFF_ALIGN_SZ 512
@@ -40,11 +39,24 @@
static u32 rtl871x_open_fw(struct _adapter *padapter, void **pphfwfile_hdl,
const u8 **ppmappedfw)
{
- u32 len;
+ int rc;
+ const char firmware_file[] = "rtl8712u/rtl8712u.bin";
+ const struct firmware **praw = (const struct firmware **)
+ (pphfwfile_hdl);
+ struct dvobj_priv *pdvobjpriv = (struct dvobj_priv *)
+ (&padapter->dvobjpriv);
+ struct usb_device *pusbdev = pdvobjpriv->pusbdev;
- *ppmappedfw = f_array;
- len = sizeof(f_array);
- return len;
+ printk(KERN_INFO "r8712u: Loading firmware from \"%s\"\n",
+ firmware_file);
+ rc = request_firmware(praw, firmware_file, &pusbdev->dev);
+ if (rc < 0) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "r8712u: Unable to load firmware\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "r8712u: Install latest linux-firmware\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+ *ppmappedfw = (u8 *)((*praw)->data);
+ return (*praw)->size;
}
static void fill_fwpriv(struct _adapter *padapter, struct fw_priv *pfwpriv)
-- 1.7.1
The large farray.h is deleted in 4 of 4:
drivers/staging/rtl8712/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/staging/rtl8712/farray.h |10197 ------------------------------------
drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c | 3 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 10198 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/rtl8712/farray.h
Note that inclusion of the "git rm" command with git generating the patch avoids
spamming the list with the 10,198 lines that were deleted.
Larry
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