From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267378AbTGZSlC (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 14:41:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267471AbTGZSlC (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 14:41:02 -0400 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:27776 "EHLO x30.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267378AbTGZSk7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 14:40:59 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 14:55:51 -0400 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Manuel Estrada Sainz Cc: LKML Subject: Re: request_firmware() backport to 2.4 kernels Message-ID: <20030726185551.GA5053@x30.random> References: <20030726121638.GB31145@ranty.pantax.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030726121638.GB31145@ranty.pantax.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/68B9CB43 13D9 8355 295F 4823 7C49 C012 DFA1 686E 68B9 CB43 X-PGP-Key: 1024R/CB4660B9 CC A0 71 81 F4 A0 63 AC C0 4B 81 1D 8C 15 C8 E5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 02:16:38PM +0200, Manuel Estrada Sainz wrote: > Hi, > > A while back request_firmware() was added to the 2.5 kernel series to > support firmware needing drivers keeping the firmware images in > userspace. And I also backported it to the 2.4 kernel series on top of > procfs, but Marcelo didn't answer emails relating to it (there where > probably other more important matters back then). > > Since then, the 2.4 backport has been deployed and tested with > orinoco_usb driver variant (http://orinoco-usb.alioth.debian.org/), > as you can see in the download statistics in alioth, there has been > more than 400 downloads of the request_firmware enabled version > (0.2.1). And drivers on the 2.5/2.6 series are being ported to use > request_firmware() interface. > > Would it be possible to include it in the -aa kernel tree? That would > make it accessible to a wider audience for testing, and make it easier > for developers to backport their drivers to the 2.4 > series. > > Attached goes the patch against current 2.4-bk-cvs. it's not intrusive, so I can certainly include it in the meantime, thanks. > Have a nice day same to you ;) Andrea