Re: [PATCH 1/3] firmware: allow firmware files to be built intokernel image

[David Woodhouse]

On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 17:00 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> David Woodhouse wrote:
> > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
> > +	/* Built-in firmware blobs */					\
> > +	.builtin_fw        : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) {	\
> > +		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_builtin_fw) = .;			\
> > +		*(.builtin_fw)						\
> > +		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_builtin_fw) = .;			\
> > +	}								\
> > +									\
> 
> Most drivers, when built as a module, would want their firmware images
> to be in the module and not in the kernel image.
> 
> This would require some (un)register_builtint_firmware() function.

If you're willing to build the driver as a module, surely you can use
the proper firmware loader too? We have MODULE_FIRMWARE to make sure
that the firmware ends up in the right place with it, after all.

-- 
dwmw2

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