From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 20 07:39:18 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EACA816A41F for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 07:39:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: from relay01.pair.com (relay01.pair.com [209.68.5.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1E9C43D49 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 07:39:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 85185 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2005 07:39:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 20 Nov 2005 07:39:15 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.2.70 Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:39:14 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack To: Nate Lawson In-Reply-To: <438023A1.50002@root.org> Message-ID: <20051120013533.F10822@odysseus.silby.com> References: <200511191654.jAJGsu9n022860@repoman.freebsd.org> <43801038.7050109@errno.com> <438023A1.50002@root.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Sam Leffler , src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Damien Bergamini , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules/iwi Makefile src/sys/dev/iwi if_iwi.c if_iwireg.h if_iwivar.h X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 07:39:19 -0000 On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Nate Lawson wrote: > 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 For something like a network driver, preloading the firmware into a kld is a waste of memory. The exception would be if you were to try netbooting from a iwi card, but that seems unlikely to be a common problem. Until someone does come up with the official "FreeBSD" way to load firmware, let's stop kibitzing about this commit and let Damien get back to work. Mike "Silby" Silbersack