From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758796AbWK2Ep5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:45:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758798AbWK2Ep5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:45:57 -0500 Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.8]:9881 "EHLO mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758796AbWK2Ep4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:45:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:45:56 -0800 (PST) From: Trent Piepho X-X-Sender: xyzzy@shell2.speakeasy.net To: Adrian Bunk cc: v4l-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] remove DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE In-Reply-To: <20061129030629.GD15364@stusta.de> Message-ID: References: <20061126004500.GB15364@stusta.de> <20061129030629.GD15364@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 01:06:02PM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE was (except for some OSS drivers) the only option > > > that was still compiling a binary-only user-supplied firmware file at > > > build-time into the kernel. > > > > > > This patch changes the driver to always use the standard > > > request_firmware() way for firmware by removing DVB_AV7110_FIRMWARE. > > > > Doesn't this also prevent the AV7110 module from getting compiled > > into the kernel? Shouldn't the Kconfig file be adjusted so > > that 'y' can't be selected anymore and it depends on MODULES? > > No. > No. > > request_firmware() works fine for built-in drivers. Wouldn't that require loading the firmware file before the filesystems are mounted?