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2008-07-10firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel imageDavid Woodhouse
Some drivers have their own hacks to bypass the kernel's firmware loader and build their firmware into the kernel; this renders those unnecessary. Other drivers don't use the firmware loader at all, because they always want the firmware to be available. This allows them to start using the firmware loader. A third set of drivers already use the firmware loader, but can't be used without help from userspace, which sometimes requires an initrd. This allows them to work in a static kernel. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2008-07-10firmware: make fw->data constDavid Woodhouse
In preparation for supporting firmware files linked into the static kernel, make fw->data const to ensure that users aren't modifying it (so that we can pass a pointer to the original in-kernel copy, rather than having to copy it). Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
2008-07-04firmware: fix the request_firmware() dummyJames Bottomley
> the build (.config attached) failed, make ends with : > ... > UPD include/linux/compile.h > CC init/version.o > LD init/built-in.o > LD vmlinux > drivers/built-in.o: In function `sas_request_addr': > (.text+0x33bab): undefined reference to `request_firmware' > drivers/built-in.o: In function `sas_request_addr': > (.text+0x33c3f): undefined reference to `release_firmware' > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 There's a slight fault in the stub logic. It fails for FW_LOADER=m and the user =y. This should fix it. This patch fixes the following 2.6.26-rc regression: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10730 Reviewed-by: Toralf Foerster <toralf.foerster@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-03-10firmware: provide stubs for the FW_LOADER=n caseJames Bottomley
libsas has a case where it uses the firmware loader to provide services, but doesn't want to select it all the time. This currently causes a compile failure in libsas if FW_LOADER=n. Fix this by providing error stubs for the firmware loader API in the FW_LOADER=n case. Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-05-21[PATCH] drivers/base/firmware_class.c: cleanupsAdrian Bunk
- remove the following global function that is both unused and unimplemented: - register_firmware() - make the following needlessly global function static: - firmware_class_uevent() Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-04[PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent"Kay Sievers
Leave the overloaded "hotplug" word to susbsystems which are handling real devices. The driver core does not "plug" anything, it just exports the state to userspace and generates events. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-07[PATCH] modified firmware_class.c to support no hotplugAbhay Salunke
Upgrade the request_firmware_nowait function to not start the hotplug action on a firmware update. This patch is tested along with dell_rbu driver on i386 and x86-64 systems. Signed-off-by: Abhay Salunke <Abhay_Salunke@dell.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-04-16Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!