Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 16:04:12 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: brian@MediaCity.Com (Brian Litzinger) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A question of downloading device drivers Message-ID: <199505092304.QAA06850@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 May 1995 13:19:05 PDT." <m0s8vkH-000rdMC@easynet.com>
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>I'm about to implement downloading the microcode for the talisman >MPEG decoder rather than relying on it being in an EPROM on the card. > >I'm looking for any guidance, examples, etc, on a right way to do >this. > >I could > > include the microcode as a giant static array in the device driver 8-( > > download the microcode via a write to a special device > > download the microcode via an set of ioctls. > > do a mixture of the above. > > Use something I haven't thought of, but you have. > >Any pointers would be appreciated. > >Brian Litzinger >brian@easynet.com Since the encoder isn't needed during boot it seems silly to include the microcode in the kernel. I would suggest having a utility that downloads the microcode once we have access to the filesystems. Maybe add it to the system default rc script? -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================
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