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From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To: Maslan <maslanbsd@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: loading a firmware image
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On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 11:35:12PM +0300, Maslan wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> What is the best way to load a firmware image (microcode) ?
> AFAIK I've to load the image file first in memory then call
> firmware_register() but my problem is how should i load the image in
> memory ??

The firmware is bundled in a seperate kernel module that can be loaded,
read and then unloaded. See src/sys/modules/iwifw/iwi_bss for an example
of the Makefile magic that creates the kld.


Andrew