Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 17:25:25 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KLD - what's the idea? Message-ID: <199812050125.RAA01279@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:44:10 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.02.9812030038560.17054-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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> On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > It would certainly be feasible to arrange for the firmware images to > > be loaded from separate files, should that be an acceptable > > alternative. I'm open to suggestions on how to make this economical > > and robust... > > Ooh! Ooh! Me Me! You have ideas, or you want the functionality? 8) > I was kind of wondering how to avoid compiling in 20 to 60 Kb of firmware > image for support of RAM based TMS380 cards. In addition, some each > particular card may have specific firmware it wants loaded. I'm looking > for some way to load a really basic config file to let the driver know > which image goes with which card. > > Doing this from userland isn't good as I can't do much with the card until > the firmware is loaded. Are these PnP devices, ie. can you differentiate between them before running the probe? Are they ever likely to be critical to the boot process? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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