Re: [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix external firmware loading

[Larry Finger]

On 01/14/2011 05:08 PM, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> * select FW_LOADER
> * change firmware location to represent published linux-fimware.git
> * declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for r8712u
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/Kconfig    |    1 +
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c |    3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/Kconfig
> index 1e9a230..041e1e8 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/Kconfig
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config R8712U
>  	depends on WLAN && USB
>  	select WIRELESS_EXT
>  	select WEXT_PRIV
> +	select FW_LOADER
>  	default N
>  	---help---
>  	This option adds the Realtek RTL8712 USB device such as the D-Link DWA-130.
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
> index 52ab2d5..1411c7bf 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static u32 rtl871x_open_fw(struct _adapter *padapter, void **pphfwfile_hdl,
>  		    const u8 **ppmappedfw)
>  {
>  	int rc;
> -	const char firmware_file[] = "rtl8712u/rtl8712u.bin";
> +	const char firmware_file[] = "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin";
>  	const struct firmware **praw = (const struct firmware **)
>  				       (pphfwfile_hdl);
>  	struct dvobj_priv *pdvobjpriv = (struct dvobj_priv *)
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static u32 rtl871x_open_fw(struct _adapter *padapter, void **pphfwfile_hdl,
>  	*ppmappedfw = (u8 *)((*praw)->data);
>  	return (*praw)->size;
>  }
> +MODULE_FIRMWARE("rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin");
>  
>  static void fill_fwpriv(struct _adapter *padapter, struct fw_priv *pfwpriv)
>  {


Thanks for the review. These changes are all in PATCH 4/4. Apparently, my ISP is
having some difficulties with that one, or perhaps LKML will not post it. In it,
I delete the 10K+ lines of internal firmware in a header file, and all of them
are in the patch.

Larry
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