From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272458AbTGZK73 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 06:59:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272459AbTGZK73 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 06:59:29 -0400 Received: from sunpizz1.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de ([129.70.123.31]:20680 "EHLO mail.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272458AbTGZK7Z (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 06:59:25 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Firmware loading problem From: Marcel Holtmann To: Manuel Estrada Sainz Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg Kroah-Hartman , willy@debian.org In-Reply-To: <20030726090458.GA16634@ranty.pantax.net> References: <1058885139.2757.27.camel@pegasus> <20030722145546.GC23593@ranty.pantax.net> <1058888301.2755.8.camel@pegasus> <20030726090458.GA16634@ranty.pantax.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 26 Jul 2003 13:14:17 +0200 Message-Id: <1059218065.2625.47.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Manuel, > > I tracked down the problem to request_firmware() or a sysfs problem. > > With the firmware included in a header file the driver itself works > > perfect. > > You are right, the problem was in sysfs, attached goes a patch that > WorksForMe (tm), please test and report. the firmware loading of my driver is now working, thanks. If someone has double checked the pci-sysfs.c change, please forward this patch to Linus. What did Marcelo say about including your backport into 2.4? > > Attached is a sample of how I use the request_firmware() and from the > > documentation it seems correct to me. > > Not what I was asking for, but it seams OK. I know, but I don't have such an easy package you requested. Regards Marcel