Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:28:03 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Kip Macy <kmacy@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/cxgb bin2h.pl cxgb_main.c cxgb_t3fw.c cxgb_t3fw.h t3fw-5.0.0.bin.gz.uu src/sys/modules/cxgb Makefile src/sys/modules/cxgb/cxgb Makefile src/sys/modules/cxgb/cxgb_t3fw Makefile src/sys/conf NOTES files Message-ID: <47C4A083.2050602@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <b1fa29170802261519y7940b16em7c26e3175831ff14@mail.gmail.com> References: <200802260302.m1Q32KOT081487@repoman.freebsd.org> <200802261133.00942.jhb@freebsd.org> <b1fa29170802261507v5b336f36mcdab9bae65869e0a@mail.gmail.com> <b1fa29170802261519y7940b16em7c26e3175831ff14@mail.gmail.com>
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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. >> > >
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