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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Margit Schubert-While <margitsw@t-online.de>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Firmware loader dependency question 2.4/2.6
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 12:26:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1075289160.12766.69.camel@pegasus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20040128120748.00a8f140@pop.t-online.de>

Hi Margit,

> Why is the firmware loader dependent on CONFIG_HOTPLUG ?
> For PCI cards that require this, it should not be necessary.

because it has to call firmware.agent to transfer the firmware file from
your harddisk into the /sys or /proc data file.

Regards

Marcel



  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-28 11:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-01-28 11:16 Margit Schubert-While
2004-01-28 11:26 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2004-01-28 12:23 Margit Schubert-While

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