From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 4 17:27:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17448 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:27:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp3.portal.net.au [202.12.71.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA17443 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:27:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01279 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:25:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812050125.RAA01279@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KLD - what's the idea? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:44:10 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 17:25:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > It would certainly be feasible to arrange for the firmware images to > > be loaded from separate files, should that be an acceptable > > alternative. I'm open to suggestions on how to make this economical > > and robust... > > Ooh! Ooh! Me Me! You have ideas, or you want the functionality? 8) > I was kind of wondering how to avoid compiling in 20 to 60 Kb of firmware > image for support of RAM based TMS380 cards. In addition, some each > particular card may have specific firmware it wants loaded. I'm looking > for some way to load a really basic config file to let the driver know > which image goes with which card. > > Doing this from userland isn't good as I can't do much with the card until > the firmware is loaded. Are these PnP devices, ie. can you differentiate between them before running the probe? Are they ever likely to be critical to the boot process? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message