Question on adding a firmware ihex file in the kernel source

[Murali Karicheri <m-karicheri2@ti.com>]

All,

Please help me understand the procedure to add a firmware ihex file to 
kernel source tree under firmware/ folder. The README.AddingFirmware 
file explains that file should be added to 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git and 
the patch for the same to be send to linux-firmware@kernel.org. And this 
requires it to be in binary form. How does then that end up in the 
firmware/ folder of the Linux source tree as an ihex file? I would like 
to have one of the  firmware statically built into the kernel as it is 
needed to be loaded even before file system is initialized in kernel 
(network driver firmware). Some other firmwares are to be used from the 
filesystem. Both would make use of the request_firmare() interface. 
Please help me understand the procedure.

Thanks

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Murali Karicheri
Linux Kernel, Keystone