Re: [PATCH 7/9] tda1004x DVB frontend update

[Michael Hunold]

On 02/23/04 22:18, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > #ifndef DVB_TDA1004X_FIRMWARE_FILE
> > -#define DVB_TDA1004X_FIRMWARE_FILE "/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/tda1004x.mc"
> > +#define DVB_TDA1004X_FIRMWARE_FILE "/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/tda1004x.bin"
> > #endif

> Why would the kernel driver want to know the exact path of the firmware file?

Because we don't use the in-kernel firmware loader at the moment.

The driver comes from a time were 2.4 didn't have the firmware loader 
and drivers cloned the firmware loading stuff from one of the soundcard 
drivers.

Currently there is no way to solve this problem, because we don't have 
any kernel structure that we could attach to and have it export the 
sysfs and firmware loading magic.

We plan to use the kernel i2c subsystem again, then all our problems 
hopefully vanish.

CU
Michael.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/