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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/cxgb bin2h.pl cxgb_main.c cxgb_t3fw.c
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On Tuesday 26 February 2008 06:39:06 pm Kip Macy wrote:
> Uhm - I do the same thing as ispfw - can you tell me what is wrong with 
that?
> 
>  -Kip

ispfw actually predates firmware(9) by several years and it simply hasn't been 
converted to use the new API yet.

> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> wrote:
> > Huh?  What does "static linking" mean?  If you're looking for an example
> >  of a firmware image being embedded in a kernel look at the npe firmware
> >  used by xscale.
> >
> >         Sam
> >
> >
> >
> >  Kip Macy wrote:
> >  > the make system doesn't work with firmware + static linking - this
> >  > works around that
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> wrote:
> >  >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:33 AM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >  >>  > On Monday 25 February 2008 10:02:20 pm Kip Macy wrote:
> >  >>  >  > kmacy       2008-02-26 03:02:20 UTC
> >  >>  >  >
> >  >>  >  >   FreeBSD src repository
> >  >>  >  >
> >  >>  >  >   Modified files:
> >  >>  >  >     sys/dev/cxgb         cxgb_main.c
> >  >>  >  >     sys/modules/cxgb     Makefile
> >  >>  >  >     sys/modules/cxgb/cxgb Makefile
> >  >>  >  >     sys/conf             NOTES files
> >  >>  >  >   Added files:
> >  >>  >  >     sys/dev/cxgb         bin2h.pl cxgb_t3fw.c cxgb_t3fw.h
> >  >>  >  >     sys/modules/cxgb/cxgb_t3fw Makefile
> >  >>  >  >   Removed files:
> >  >>  >  >     sys/dev/cxgb         t3fw-5.0.0.bin.gz.uu
> >  >>  >  >   Log:
> >  >>  >  >   Move firmware in to separate module that can be compiled 
statically in to
> >  >>  >  the kernel
> >  >>  >  >   Add utility for converting future firmware revs to a C header 
file
> >  >>  >
> >  >>  >  Did you consider using firmware(9)?  It already handles wrapping a 
binary blob
> >  >>  >  into a kernel module for you and can autoload the firmware on 
demand.
> >  >>  >
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >>  Read the code.
> >  >>
> >  >
> >  >
> >
> >
> 



-- 
John Baldwin