From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0785FECDE32 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 07:43:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19442152A for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 07:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="RH2e3mst" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B19442152A Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727494AbeJQPh4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:37:56 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55176 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726994AbeJQPhz (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:37:55 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [188.88.119.206]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1399B21527; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 07:43:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1539762211; bh=L0LmpRvxaPxtXDUSmj3VMbXlMxfqhl9hGJFsEv0niMc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=RH2e3mstYgZtBat9p1/tvar/wt/vOcpURcHDbAeOLL6/PXTJXfcyGC3OxhVSRiBGV dgxNgtKX8TmPkvwZenh94IhcA+z0JDuC/5XEhhAvE1Z+hNJO2aweP72NbQQLcoZ3Z7 HA99hkh1ersmp9slNfbfQgmP+8BFGI1dSG0UkmHc= Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:43:28 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Andrey Smirnov Cc: linux-kernel , Chris Healy , Kyle McMartin , Andrew Morton , Michal Marek , Masahiro Yamada , David Woodhouse Subject: Re: Fate of ihex2fw tool Message-ID: <20181017074328.GB25537@kroah.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 10:36:15PM -0700, Andrey Smirnov wrote: > Everyone: > > Since commit 5620a0d1aacd554ebebcff373e31107bb1ef7769 ("firmware: > delete in-kernel firmware"): > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v4.19-rc7&id=5620a0d1aacd554ebebcff373e31107bb1ef7769 > > firmware/ihex2fw.c is gone from the source tree and with it ihex2fw > tool used to generate sruct ihxed_binrec {} filled images (.ihex -> > .fw) consumed by request_ihex_frimware(). > > I tried looking for that too in > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git > but couldn't find it there. > > Is there a new/different source tree it can be found nowadays? > Or is there another established tool that can do .ihex -> .fw > conversion that is expected to be used instead of ihex2bin? We've all had to write this utility over and over again over the years, so why not just submit a patch to add this tool back under tools/ ? thanks, greg k-h