Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:20:01 -0800 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Damien Bergamini <damien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules/iwi Makefile src/sys/dev/iwi if_iwi.c if_iwireg.h if_iwivar.h Message-ID: <438023A1.50002@root.org> In-Reply-To: <43801038.7050109@errno.com> References: <200511191654.jAJGsu9n022860@repoman.freebsd.org> <43801038.7050109@errno.com>
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Sam Leffler wrote: > Damien Bergamini wrote: > >> damien 2005-11-19 16:54:55 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sys/modules/iwi Makefile sys/dev/iwi if_iwi.c >> if_iwireg.h if_iwivar.h Log: >> Load firmware images directly from the filesystem (looks into >> /etc/firmware >> directory by default) without requiring the user to load them by >> hand using >> e.g iwicontrol. Get rid of the old ioctl crud. >> Updated iwi-firmware port coming soon. > > > Rather than hack individual drivers this should be done in a generic way. Right, but such an approach won't work for storage drivers like isp(4). Couldn't you just generalize the approach used by ispfw(4)? It uses the kld module approach to get the firmware into kernel memory. -- Nate
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