Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:15:33 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: phk@phk.freebsd.dk Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: userland firmware loader? Message-ID: <20040712.161533.85418996.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <1420.1089448716@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20040709232355.GB1626@green.homeunix.org> <1420.1089448716@critter.freebsd.dk>
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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: In message <20040709232355.GB1626@green.homeunix.org>, Brian Fundakowski Feldma
: n writes:
:
: >I'm writing a driver that uses a 100KB firmware file and could need to
: >read it again, after initialization, to reset the device (or to load
: >more). Since this device is primarily found in CardBus form, I think
: >it makes a lot of sense to be able to get the firmware file at any time
: >but without specific user intervention.
: >
: >Is this something devd should be doing?
:
: I would advocate a generic interface for retrieving firmware from userland.
I'd advocate motherhood and apple pie too. :-)
Warner
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