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Date:      Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:00:29 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        Bill Paul <wpaul@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: New driver loading scheme for Project Evil, need input
Message-ID:  <200504202100.30427.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20050420131744.t092cv40dck804ww@netchild.homeip.net>
References:  <20050419225640.7B92816A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> <20050420022128.B421@xorpc.icir.org> <20050420131744.t092cv40dck804ww@netchild.homeip.net>

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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:47, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 06:37:32PM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> > ...
> >
> >> I would suggest the driver loads the firmware from disk since you don't
> >> need to boot from your TV tuner card :)
>
> AFAIK we don't have such a facility. A disc controller (SCSI/RAID?) in the
> tree needs a firmware blob, ath needs a blob (but the license seems to be
> ok, so we can have it in the tree), the newly added WLAN drivers need a
> binary blob and some other pieces need a blob too. Having a general way of
> adding the blob would be better than reinventing the wheel.

There is how ndis does it at the moment - it could be genericized but it is=
n't=20
really that complex at the moment anyway.

See NdisOpenFile() and friends.

> ---snip---
> PXE booting from cxa0:
>   Connecting to Channel 5... done.
>   Booting CSI at 0x0....
> ---snip---
>
> ;-)

=46reeBSD TV! :)

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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are so many of them to choose from."
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