Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:10:08 -0600 (MDT) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: yb@bashibuzuk.net Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New wireless drivers committed Message-ID: <20050420.141008.39176773.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20050420200351.GV76080@bashibuzuk.net> References: <000b01c545dc$5dbf0a90$0300a8c0@COMETE> <20050420200351.GV76080@bashibuzuk.net>
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> If I may ask: is the firmware not 'autoloaded' on OpenBSD by the > driver itself ? If so, what's wrong with this approach ? Nothing, per se, is wrong with the approach. It is a matter of actually doing it. There may also be some problems with existing drivers that use their own ad-hoc methods at boot time before / is mounted being able to find their firmware if a naive conversion were done... Warner
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